We're moving the ball forward and with a real conservative as President it will roll forward faster. Too often the demand for immediacy leads to serious tactical and strategic errors.
I hadn't heard about this. What was the rationale for the HFC blocking consideration of this in the House?
McClintock is waxing poetic about Kevin McCarthy as Boehner’s replacement—saying that he listens more than Boehner did.
(Those RINO California delegation ties must be tight.
I like McClintock. If only he’d won the Governorship of CA way back when.
McClintock really turned out to be just another self-absorbed, lying GOP-E loser. Good riddance!
Really???? You actually believe that?
A common theme of the right wing crazies, Rep McClintock, is a willingness, indeed a desire, to engage the left.
Wait till the next election and then we’ll really do something .... isn’t going to work anymore.
Planned Parenthood defunding is the perfect issue. Let the President shut down the government over it. Let the media blame Republicans. And then, let the weeks pass.
As time tinges the debate, it will be the President who must answer for shutting down the government over an ideological fight. A half billion dollar dispute in a hundreds of billion funding bill where one side holds core beliefs vs. holding the gov’t hostage? Mr. President, you can end this tomorrow. Sign the bill.
Now, don’t get me wrong. This strategy won’t work for the GOP, just like it didn’t work in 2013. It won’t work because the establishment has no fight in them; they will cave. That’s the problem.
The solution then isn’t to give up the fight.
The solution is to bring down the establishment.
This is the defining moment for the Grand Ole Party. They can make the political calculation that they must now yield to their voters, or they can continue to obey their money class masters and die as a party.
This is the Whig moment for the GOP.
If Boehner pushes through his agenda in the next month with full democrat sponsorship, the party dies here.
The TPP is a disaster and does have Amnesty included it.
There is NO free trade in TPP .
Its a huge Crony capitalist birthday cake !
McCarthy is worse than Bonehead .
This crook wants those Silicon Valley cheap labor express funds sent to himself too.
PS I see from your comments page that you’ve backed Boehner and trashed Trump as well.
How do you see it that way? Please explain what you mean by this statement.
(Should have pointed out the date for people: before Boehner’s resignation.)
Most people should agree with some of his points. Perhaps the intent of some of those tactics was actually to appeal to specific Members to increase their numbers.
Is this you, john boner? What a load of pap.
If this is winning, what is your version of defeat?
I would love to ask these people who are ruling out a shutdown...
Do you think the framers intended for it to be impossible to pass a budget unless either one side completely abandons their core values or they control the entire Congress and the White House?
The shutdown should be the last resort but it should be a viable resort none the less. In any negotiation, from buying a house to funding the government, there is a point at which you are willing to walk away or let the other party walk away.
If the public funding of the slaughter of babies and the sale of their body parts is not that point, what would be?
McClintock makes an assertion I have yet to see dis-proven or validated or even asked in any congressional questionaire. That being; Should constituents support a government “shutdown”. The reason I suggest it’s not being asked. Because if submitted as a pro/con proposal they might not like the result.
McClintock makes an assertion I have yet to see dis-proven or validated or even asked in any congressional questionaire. That being; Should constituents support a government “shutdown”. The reason I suggest it’s not being asked. Because if submitted as a pro/con proposal they might not like the result and would support it.
He is not a solid conservative. This proves it.
Interesting post/discussion. BUMP!
Is this good or bad?
Where have we moved the ball forward against any democrat opposition? Where have we really even tried?
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It is stunning how much Tom’s letter sounds like Ted Cruz’ book.
His description of the manipulation and deceit bears a strong resemblance to Cruz’ description of the same in the Senate GOP caucus.
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