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Do you know why Boehner, Ryan and 75% of the republican party are doing this? Because "Business People" are heavy republican donors. Business doesn't like political uncertainty in Washington. It cost them money. They don't know to either expand or retract. The republicans who have a sense of the playing field beyond a ridged ideology of the tea party know that by providing financial stability in politics will bring in the money they need for the primaries. From now until 2016, the tea party is going to be marginalized by the republican party for expediency and credibility's sake.
I think there is a lot of truth to this. On the other hand I believe the GOP cannot afford to anger it's conservative base (read: Tea Party), so I think they will offer rhetoric and purely symbolic actions to appease this base.
Big business really controls both parties. Candidates need $$$ to win elections. Campaign donations speak loud and clear during elections.
Boehner is just proving that he is more of a rino than a conservative.
Boehner is a true republican who never pretended to be a conservative. Calling someone a rino is a name the conservatives came up with. You don't have to be conservative to be a republican though. You guys are bringing the party down.
It's not about a "veto proof majority" in the Senate. Harry Reid has already shown that control of the Senate is all that is necessary to move OR stop Legislation and Budgets. He has even removed the Filibuster when he thinks it benefits him.
Obama is welcome to VETO anything he pleases and the Democrats can defend their votes and the VETO - that is something that Harry Reid protects them from now. The Senate is DOA on pretty much everything because Reid controls every move. That is what needs to change and probably will change.
When it does - Harry Reid will be leading the chorus against the type of control that he has exercised for many years. Neither he, nor Obama will enjoy a Senate run by the GOP with all the heads of the Committees also run by the GOP. Don't discount that -
"When it does - Harry Reid will be leading the chorus against the type of control that he has exercised for many years."
Which is EXACTLY what he did when the dems were in the minority.
We don't need liberal or moderate Republicans.. the left is too far left and they are all far left as Obama leads this nation into socialism.. We need real Republicans who stand for lowering taxes after the biggest tax hike ever on the American people though Obamacare.
True. When they are no different than the liberals and just as fiscally irresponsible like Boehner has now proven he is --- they might just as well be democrats and stop the fraud of a "two party" option when there really is none.
Americans at least need an option. The liberal Republicans want to spend us into hell just as much as the democrats are doing -- and they're just all about buying themselves votes but doing nothing good for this country.
Gingrich made all sorts of promises to become speaker and then forgot all about those promises also.
Such as? I recall Gingrich's "Contract With America" in 1994, and he kept every promise in that contract in the first 100 days the GOP took control of Congress, and much more. I credit former Rep. Kasich (now Gov. of Ohio) as being chiefly responsible for balancing the budget, not Gingrich.
Such as? I recall Gingrich's "Contract With America" in 1994, and he kept every promise in that contract in the first 100 days the GOP took control of Congress, and much more. I credit former Rep. Kasich (now Gov. of Ohio) as being chiefly responsible for balancing the budget, not Gingrich.
They didn't balance the budget. They stole from Social Security to claim that they balanced the budget.
True. When they are no different than the liberals and just as fiscally irresponsible like Boehner has now proven he is --- they might just as well be democrats and stop the fraud of a "two party" option when there really is none.
Americans at least need an option. The liberal Republicans want to spend us into hell just as much as the democrats are doing -- and they're just all about buying themselves votes but doing nothing good for this country.
The problem is, as Ryan pointed out today on Fox, the Republicans cannot accomplish anything unless they have electoral success in 2014 and 2016. You cannot make radical changes when simply controlling one house of Congress. Let's keep this 2014 election focused on Obamacare, not government shutdowns or debt defaults. Republicans can win on the former, not the latter.
Republicans can win based on this:
Quote:
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 40% of Likely
U.S. Voters now have at least a somewhat favorable opinion of the health care
law, while 56% view it at least somewhat unfavorably. The passion remains on the
side of the opponents. The new findings include 19% with a Very Favorable view
of the law, while 47% have a Very Unfavorable one. (To see survey question
wording, click here.)
Unfavorables are down slightly from 58% two weeks ago, while favorable reviews are up four points. But the number with a Very
Unfavorable impression is at its highest level measured to date. Positive
impressions of the health care law have fluctuated from a low of 39% to a high
of 47% in regular weekly tracking this
year. Unfavorable opinions have run from 48% to 58% in that same
period.
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It's not about a "veto proof majority" in the Senate. Harry Reid has already shown that control of the Senate is all that is necessary to move OR stop Legislation and Budgets. He has even removed the Filibuster when he thinks it benefits him.
