Posted on 09/13/2017 8:40:18 AM PDT by Mariner
Despite their failure to advance President Trump’s agenda, congressional Republicans aren’t happy about his outreach to Democrats in the House and Senate, but most voters think it’s a great idea.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 66% of Likely U.S. Voters say it is good for the country if Trump works with congressional Democrats to advance his agenda. Just 13% think the bipartisan cooperation is bad for the country, while 21% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Only 19% believe the president should continue to rely on congressional Republicans to pass his agenda. That’s down from 29% in early April. Sixty-five percent (65%) now feel he should reach out more to Democrats in Congress for help versus 58% who felt that way five months ago. Sixteen percent (16%) are not sure.
Republicans (72%) are even more enthusiastic about the president working with congressional Democrats than Democrats (62%) and voters not affiliated with either major party (63%) are.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
For the record, I announced my support from Trump on this site in May of 2015.
And have not wavered since.
My goal has been the destruction of the Republican Party for at least a decade. I believe that until they are utterly destroyed, then replaced with (c)onservative nationalists (along the lines of Steve Bannon) there will be no progress and no hope for the Constitution as written.
I believe Republican politicians manipulate their electorate with emotion on social issues(abortion, homos etc.) so they can skim a percentage on the sale of America to the highest bidder.
I believe each and every one of them is a corrupt hypocrite.
And the Dims? Commies, through and through.
But I believe they can be defeated, finally, once the Republicans are “dead”.
To me, Trump is the bludgeon. I have no emotional attachment.
If he is able to destroy the Republican party I will be satisfied.
Of course, I no longer believe they need help. The electorate has apparently turned and Republicans are more hated than ever.
Everyone is to blame for this fiasco - including the president who has promised EVERYTHING regarding healthcare. Everyone being covered with great care and lower costs.
Is Trump Senate Majority Leader? Is Senate Majority Leader Mitch “Repeal obamacare root and branch” McConnell a “liar” now? Or only when Ted Cruz is running for POTUS? Did Cruz not vote McConnell Majority Leader?
The sad fact is we’re getting ZERO leadership from the so-called “True conservatives” in Congress. They are hiding under their desks waiting for the Age of Trump to expire. Not good enough. Sorry.
The GOP wing of Congress was dysfunctional long before Trump arrived in the Swamp and it will stay that way long after he is gone. That is 1000% on them. Not Trump.
“I think Dems play the long game better than Republicans.”
They absolutely do.
They are true believers in the inevitable success of socialism. They have been working for it since the 1930’s or longer. They have finally weeded out any moderates that may have waffled and slowed their progress.
They eat, sleep and breathe The Great Cause.
The GOPE is bought and paid for by the various lobbyists. They may or may not be New World Order believers but will vote however their paymasters tell them to.
They do not understand long term strategy and tactics nor do they care to. As long as they get their payday and perqs they are happy as hogs in a mud puddle. And about as intelligent.
Conservatives have to do what the democrats have done: spend decades following a long slow strategy of removing any politician who does not work for We The People.
We have options.
1. We can let them die off (John McCain, McTurtle) and we replace them.
2. We can primary their butts and replace them.
3. The nuclear (Paul Ryan) option. Vote for the democrat just to get them gone.
Whatever we do we must realise it will be a long and slow process to reverse the damage done by the left for generations.
This is political warfare, not some one strike home by Christmas operation.
This is a war that will be waged by our children and grandchildren.
We may Not live to see the final outcome but we have to stick to a strategy for future generations to have a fighting chance.
POTUS Trump is not the man who will singlehandedly win our political war.
He is our Dan Morgan, our Stonewall Jackson, our George Patton. He can stop the advancement of the leftists and even turn the tide of the battle and make tremendous gains.
It is up to US to win the war with a long term strategy and an unflinching eye on the prize.
We use our enemies tactics against them.
Cruz and his devoted Cruzers just can’t give up the primaries. They want POTUS to fail so they can say “I told you so”. They hate Trump more than they love their country. Sad.
He’s the president. He could try, I dunno, leading.
Where’s the White House’s bill?
Where is the White House’s outline of bill?
What did Trump want aside from “repeal and replace” or “repeal and maybe replace later?”
He would have signed ANYTHING they passed - up to and including Single Payer. Because he didn’t care.
Obama spent a year in the healthcare fight, used up all his political capital, and cashed out his party’s majority. And in the end, he got the law we have now and can never get rid of.
McConnell and Ryan have more excuses for the Republican congress not being able to anything than Hillary has for losing the presidency and that is a pretty sad damned state of affairs for a political party totally in charge! The GOP congress is a total embarrassment to the country and to their voters. This will not play well in November 2018 for the GOP.
Not me...I’m from Florida.
That’s right. And it got us Trump, a President that cares about the country...not the party. And we got a SCOTUS pick, numerous lower level fed court picks and the potential for more...I’ll take that rather than squandering political capital and losing 1000 + seats local, state and nationally in 8 years like Obama did. O-care will die on the vine on it’s own...it will be painful to watch, but a lesson learned for the Dems...and Repubs if they/re smart.
Exactly right !
In fact it was worse. A lot of RINO douches were trashing their own supporters who are not white supremacists but don't want a third world invasion. As well as complimenting Antifa as "great Americans".
I'm watching this from north of the border. Like every other country, Canada has fake RINO-like "conservatives" who may talk a good game, but they always govern for the globalist-progressive agenda.
Be thankful you have Trump. The USA is the only western country who does.
“They want POTUS to fail so they can say “I told you so”. “
They are easy to spot anymore.
They constantly warn that Trump is betraying us, or is not sufficiently focused on the “(C)onservative agenda”.
The are such committed zealots they do not realize we do not care what they say. They actually believe they can still create outrage in the conservative base with their “Conservative Shaming” and other childish tricks...like the “Democrat Boogieman”.
They cannot. And it pisses them off they are sooo over.
Already relegated to the sh!t-pile of history.
“Now all the phony Repukes and NeverTrumpers are gonna say, “See we told you he would sell us out.” Save it for the few idiots who still believe the GOP is still a vital political party.”
Bipartisanship is when the Stupid Party and the Evil Party get together and do something that is both stupid and evil: like raising the debt ceiling.
Hell, I agree with Trumps decision. Screw Ryan and McConnell. I’d rather get some of what I want than nothing, and Trump has tried to keep his word whereas the GOP leadership is stabbing me in the back
I’m not happy with Trump doing this, but I think I can understand why.
I just wish that in his twittering fits, he would make a point to the rino’s that they have failed, and he’s doing this because they are a miserable pack of do-nothing losers.
And that he would also make the point very specifically to McConnell and Ryan that the failure is on their heads, and that if they were effective congressional leaders he wouldn’t have to do that, and he’s going to make sure that their voters know about it. Regularly.
It was a very left-handed compliment.
He gave a perfunctory support message to satisfy McTurtle and that was that.
When is he going to learn that doing those things that the GOP wants him to do does not usually end up helping him in any way OR getting them to help him back in return.
I am still deciding...
“Do you remember the Corker Amendment, universally supported by Republicans?
It gutted the Constitution’s Treaty Clause.”
and I remember that same guy was inexplicably considered for the position of Secretary of State:
Donny’s first order of business with his new/old Democrat friends:
Sign Obama’s illegal-alien DACA amnesty into permanent law. Hooray!!
This shows the majority of Republicans know the GOP leadership stinks.
Democrat policies will hurt you and your family, you should be terrified.
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