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February 8, 2010
Proof the Republicans Don't Intend to Play
Eric Cantor says it's the Republican way or they're not buying:
After going it alone on health care reform for nearly a year, President Obama has decided he wants to bring Republicans into the conversation. Here’s the problem: unless the President and Speaker Pelosi are willing to scrap their government take over and hit the reset button, there’s not much to talk about.Republicans believe the status quo is unacceptable, but so is any health reform package that spends money we don’t have or raises taxes on small businesses and working families in a recession. To that point, House Republicans have offered the only plan, that will lower health care costs, which is what the President said was the goal at the start of this debate.
I'm very interested to see how this televised summit goes. I simply can't imagine that the president will take seriously anyone who's position includes the Luntz words "government takeover." It's an insult and a distortion, and I don't see any real negotiations happening with this sort of language in the mix. And of course that's fine with me, but we'll see how the president deals with it.
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Posted By Bob Cesca | February 8, 2010 2:31 PM
Comments
Off topic....John Murtha passed away today. I don't mean to be so cruel but, I'm glad he was a congressman and not a Senator.
Posted by: roxsteady ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.bobcesca.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at February 8, 2010 2:54 PM
The gauntlet has been thrown. The Blair House with no-show Republicans??
They have to show up and fake it.
Like my prom date.
Posted by: cgwalt at February 8, 2010 3:30 PM
We should be reminding them that our rates have been skyrocketing and people have been dying because of the "corporate takeover" of healthcare -- from PharMa to insurance companies to hospitals... That free market concept without any regulation has caused this problem. We should also tell them to revoke Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security for all (including themselves)right now or shut up.
Jennifer
Posted by: jhw22 at February 8, 2010 4:00 PM
Anyone catch Lee Stranahan's article on HP calling for Hillary to primary Obama?
Posted by: eljefejeff at February 8, 2010 5:08 PM
Here you go!
Obama brought this up at his last ass kicking contest (which he won), the Repubs want 100% their way! There will be no compromise!
This is why 41 suddenly becomes a larger number than 59! It's total bull shit!
Lies work! If the Repubs say "such and such report says such and such" it sticks even if it's bull shit! The MSM is responsible for that!
For fuck sake I just heard Wolf Blitzer say, "is this just a stunt"! WTF?
I agree with "Miss Sarah" it's time for a revolution! A fucking revolution of truth!
I see Kitty-Kat Bond is now disputing the TRUTH! Fucking pussy! Lets see the records!
No Republican is worth a shit!
Posted by: kansasdem at February 8, 2010 5:12 PM
Lee has lost his mind.
Posted by: eve at February 8, 2010 5:16 PM
It's like every one of Lee's...I guess you'd call them "ideas?"....is designed to intentionally destroy the progressive policies he claims to support. Each idea is dumber than the last.
I guess I shouldn't trash the guy when (as far as I know) he's not hanging around these comments sections to defend himself...but wow. A Clinton primary challenge to Obama? The guy has derailed.
Can anybody think of a quicker way to lose the 90-95% of African Americans who currently vote democrat? I honestly can't.
What a monumentally stupid... "idea."
Posted by: Rogect8 at February 8, 2010 6:16 PM
Aside from primarying Obama just being a bad idea, has Lee seen Hillary lately? She is EXHAUSTED! I know that a Sec State travels far more than a President but I don't know how much longer she's going to last as Sec State. She is doing an amazing job and it's not like she doesn't know what the President does but seriously, she looks to me that if one more person asks her about running for President again she may just crack and take that person down.
Jennifer
Posted by: jhw22 at February 8, 2010 6:20 PM
Primarying Obama--what a ridiculous, obscene notion. You know what is the quickest way to a Republican White House? Risking the ambivalence of half the Democratic electorate, exhausted from a primary (or Hillary v. Obama Part Deux). Both times in recent history (Kennedy v. Carter, Reagan v. Ford), the challenger failed to win the nomination, and the sitting President lost the election. I don't think there is any way to win back the White House in 2012 if a primary challenge were to happen, no matter who wins.
Posted by: jdsne at February 8, 2010 6:40 PM
So we all agree? Lee is insane. Or at least he comes across that way.
Posted by: eljefejeff at February 8, 2010 7:01 PM
The ayes have it. Motion passes.
Posted by: Rogect8 at February 8, 2010 7:17 PM
