Posted on 03/31/2010 6:25:17 PM PDT by Cheap_Hessian
The thinking is that it won’t play well in some states, like Illinois, where the GOP’s got a shot at an unlikely pick-up, so rather than push some monolithic “repeal it” message nationwide, they’re going to let local candidates decide how much they want to push it or not. Which is politically savvy, but not a big confidence-booster in terms of their determination to roll this thing back should they get the numbers in Congress to do so.
Top Republicans are increasingly worried that GOP candidates this fall might be burned by a fire that’s roaring through the conservative base: demand for the repeal of President Barack Obama’s new health care law…
Repeal is politically and legally unlikely, and grass-roots activists may feel disillusioned by a failed crusade. More important, say strategists from both parties, a fiercely repeal-the-bill stance might prove far less popular in a general election than in a conservative-dominated GOP primary, especially in states such as Illinois and California…
Asked if he advises Republican Senate candidates to call for repealing the law, Cornyn said: “Candidates are going to test the winds in their own states. … In some places, the health care bill is more popular than others.”
On Tuesday, Cornyn issued a 1,280-word campaign memo that mentioned “repeal” only once. It did not advocate repeal but noted that in a recent poll, “46 percent of respondents support a full repeal” of the health law.
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more libbie propaganda....
Must do the work of getting individual candidates on record as supporting repeal or not. Support the ones that do, support the opponents of ones that do not. Whether the GOP proper supports repeal is immaterial. What matters is votes - and there is no way around counting votes one-by-one.
What this calls for are leaders and an ass-whipping in 2010/2012
A Repub Senator from Tenn said today....NO REPEAL.
I say NO VOTES FOR REPUBLICANS.
Time to sack DC.
In my book, the socialist takeover of the healthcare industry is at the top of that list. The banks, car companies, and student loan programs can come next. Then they need to work on spending, balancing the budget and reducing taxes.
Any candidate that doesn't believe that is their first and only priority (until accomplished) need not even try to get my vote.
He's a loser. What's he know about anything.
Good point.
While it’s true none of the sources are named, should the Republican leadership have any desires to move away from this issue, then there would definitely be major Tea Party candidates.
Then each state should be financially responsible for their own health care systems. No state should be the piggy bank for another.
Hard to take candy from a big fat progressive selfish baby. But if you show that another baby in the next state is taking advantage of you and getting a little bit more candy than they ‘deserve’, well, watch what happens!
I don’t know..I do know, the GOP as it stands now is no longer conservative. They need to move farther to the right or they will lose votes...
Always looking to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Yes, we conservatives sometimes vote for the lesser of two evils, but more and more conservatives are no longer considering doing that, and will only vote for candidates that will actually support their viewpoints, even if that means third party or simply skipping that portion of the ballot.
While it might make the liberal media warm and fuzzy inside to have two candidates try to out liberal each other, the reality is that elections are supposed to be about choice. Right now, the GOP is intending upon presenting the choice of ‘not quite as bad as they are’, which is a train wreck in the making. Those who support liberal policies will scoff and just vote for the out of the closet liberal, and those who are against them will look at the not quite as liberal candidate and wonder why they even bother voting.
Mind, millions of conservative voters stay home each election day, millions of votes just hanging out there.
Corker.
I’m done.
Done with Republicans, of which up until today I always was proud to say I was a Republican, and had many a row with some here over the years.
I am going 3rd party now or something more radical, since it does not matter anymore.
Anyone shocked?
The Reps refused to overturn the assault weapons ban or brady bans.....
They already did lose votes. You would think that they'd learn from their mistakes.
I guess they also need the bat up side the head to get their attention...And I thought it was just the democrats. Dumba$$es...
Their argument is that no entitlement has been repealed before but that’s when people thought they were getting something for nothing.
Not the case here, most people know they’re getting less than they already have for an astronomical price. And the only thing anyone’s really getting for the next few years is steep increases in our premiums, higher taxes from everyone, and the destruction of the greatest healthcare system in the world.
Hasn’t happened yet though and can still be stopped if these damn politicians would just understand that this is NOT politics as usual.
The goal of repeal before 2013 is unrealistic anyway. Even if Republicans regained both houses of Congress, a repeal would be vetoed by Obama anyway.
The BEST legislative strategy to stop ObamaCare is simply for the Congress to REFUSE to authorize any funds for it. Defund it, and it won’t MATTER if it’s on the books. THAT has to the the Republican’s goal between now and 2013.
On the other hand, as others have mentioned, multiple lawsuits, State nullification, and judicial review by the SCOTUS are the better immediate routes. And if somehow ObamaCare gets past all that and the Republicans WERE to fund it — then individual NON-COMPLIANCE would be the next step. That would gum up the works right good....
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