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The 'governing wing' of the GOP is running for the hills
cnn ^
| October 19, 2017
| Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Posted on 10/19/2017 1:22:19 PM PDT by mdittmar
The surprise resignation of Ohio Rep. Pat Tiberi on Thursday marks the latest example of GOP members affiliated with the so-called "governing wing" of the Republican Party calling it quits even as their side controls both chambers of Congress and the White House.
Tiberi is the
18th House Republican to announce plans to leave Congress sometime between now and January 2019. More importantly, he joins a rapidly swelling list of House GOPers with influential committee assignments, close ties to the party leadership and pragmatic approaches to governing to walk away. In recent months, Reps. Ileana Ros Lehtinen (Florida), Dave Trott (Michigan), Dave Reichert (Washington) and Charlie Dent (Pennsylvania) have all decided to leave. On the Senate side, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, another member of the pragmatic establishment within the Republican conference,
announced his plans to retire earlier this month.
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:22:19 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
The swamp is self-cleaning.
No wonder fake news CNN is fit to be tied.
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:24:55 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
To: mdittmar
Folks, please dont slam the screen door on your way out. And dont come back.
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:25:15 PM PDT
by
House Atreides
(BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY.)
To: mdittmar
The feckless GOP is going to get slaughtered in the mid terms. There is a price to pay for promising something for 7 years, and when given a chance to produce, have absolutely no clue, and not a prayer of delivering.
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:25:46 PM PDT
by
brownsfan
(Behold, the power of government cheese.)
To: mdittmar
Cillizza keeps using the word “pragmatic”. As far as I can tell, pragmatic = “works with Democrats”.
Good riddance!
To: mdittmar
I guess we need Translation when CNN speaks:
“Governing Wing” >>> “The SWAMP”
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:30:18 PM PDT
by
BobL
To: BobL
Yes. I was going to say that “Governing Wing” means traitors. To their party, and to their country.
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:33:12 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: mdittmar
Might need to do some checking up on financial ties and quid pro quo deals.
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:34:39 PM PDT
by
Maudeen
(This world is not my home.)
To: mdittmar
Last 'graph of the article
But if rank ideological tribalism isn't really your thing, Washington isn't a terribly fun place to be these days. My guess? There will be more members with the profile of Tiberi deciding that 2018 is the last year they want to spend in Congress. And Republicans will have no one to blame for those retirements but themselves.
Far from blame, I think the Republicans, the REAL Republicans, not the RINOS, will applaud.
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:35:23 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Looking for a new/different job? Try Genealogy. You can't get fired and you can't quit!)
To: BobL
Untouchables who suddenly discovered they are in fact VERY touchable running for the hills.
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:36:19 PM PDT
by
txhurl
To: txhurl
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:40:23 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: ConjunctionJunction
>>Cillizza keeps using the word pragmatic. As far as I can tell, pragmatic = works with Democrats.<<
Go further. In deep state/governing wing terms:
“works with”=”capitulates to”
The dems have filed more lawsuits in 6 months against Trump’s legal XOs than the eGOP filed in 8 years against obozo’s completely illegal ones.
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:42:49 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Every Californian who supported "sanctuary state" has blood and ashes on his/her hands)
To: mdittmar
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:48:48 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! 4c)
To: mdittmar
Can’t believe I never heard that before.
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:55:31 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
To: mdittmar
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posted on
10/19/2017 1:56:08 PM PDT
by
Hugh the Scot
("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
To: mdittmar
Pragmatic = Democrat/Socialist enablers.
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posted on
10/19/2017 2:32:55 PM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
(The U.S. Senate - where American freedom goes to die.)
To: mdittmar
“... pragmatic approaches...”
There is the giveaway: RINO DemoKKKrats in all but name.
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posted on
10/19/2017 2:34:36 PM PDT
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyonse's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: brownsfan
they should.
who knows ?
Over time, 9 Rats announced they are also leaving the house.
should be interesting.
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posted on
10/19/2017 2:43:30 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Lynch & Clinton - Snakes on a Plane)
To: mdittmar
This was predictable when Trump got elected on going after the swamp. It should tell people that people have been given an option to go home and spend time with the family instead of going down with what intel they have collected on these people who colluded with the deep state.
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