Posted on 09/20/2009 1:20:30 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R.-Ohio) said today that the health-care plan that President Barack Obama is pushing in Congress is now dead and will not pass.
Boehner made the observation in an interview this morning on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where he appeared after President Obama.
“There’s been no bipartisan conversation on Capitol Hill about health care,” Boehner said in an interview with "Meet the Press" host David Gregory. “At some point when these big government plans fail—and they will, the Congress will not pass this—it’s really time for the president to hit the reset button, just stop all of this and let’s sit down and start over in a bipartisan way to build a plan that Americans will support.”
“So you think the plan is dead?” asked Gregory.
“I think it is,” said Boehner.
Earlier in the program, President Obama had said that news coverage of the health care debate over the past week had been dominated not by “the sensible people” but by people stoking controversy.
In his own appearance, Boehner rejected the contention that the “tone” of the debate over health-care reform had gotten out of control, saying instead that it has been a “spirited” debate and that more Americans had been engaged in debating health-care reform than had been engaged in debating any issue in decades.
“I mean, let's face it,” Obama told host David Gregory. “If you look at the news cycle over the last--over the last week--you know, it—it--it hasn't been the--the sensible people who, you know, very deliberately talk about the important issues that we face as a country. That's not the folks who've gotten a lot of coverage.”
Later, Gregory asked Boehner about the “tone” of the debate
“I want to stay with this tone of the debate right now and whether or not you agree that by some of the things the president said in the course of that interview, he is trying to cool off the debate, the tone of the debate,” said Gregory. “Do you see it that way?”
“Well, I don’t know that the tone of the debate has gotten out of control,” said Boehner.
“You don’t think so?” asked Gregory.
“It’s been spirited, because we’re talking about an issue that affects every single American,” said Boehner. “And because it affects every American in a very personal way, more Americans have been engaged in this debate than any issue in decades. And so there’s room to work together. But I first believe that we’ve got to just take this big-government option, this big-government plan and move it to the side. Now, let’s talk about what we can do to make our current system work better. Then we’ll have some grounds on which to build.”
Boehner said the White House had not reached out at all to discuss health care reform with House Republicans. Then he said the plan the White House and congressional Democrats were pushing would not pass.
When “Meet the Press” host David Gregory asked Boehner if he thought that plan was dead, Boehner did not hesitate.
“I think it is,” he said.
I never thought that I would appreciate the idea of being a day older like I do after seeing your post. ; )
Boenher, talking like the RINO he is, again: “...let’s sit down and start over in a bipartisan way to build a plan that Americans will support.”
The DhimmiRats have the votes to pass any of this socialist drivel that they wish. NO true conservative should have anything to do with ANY of it. The American people must be reminded that this ALL belongs to the LibTards.
There is no need for bipartisanship in anti-Constitutional politics. There is only room for right and wrong.
With the newest appointment, we'll be lucky to have any favorable decisions there - and if they get ONE more appointment - it's over for decades
Gregory asked Boehnner is he thought Obama was a socialist. Boehnner hemmed and hawed and avoided answering. I don’t understand why he can’t just say it. Clearly, Obama is AT LEAST a socialist. If you don’t wan’t to make headlines by using the label, at least say that his proposed policies are socialist on their face. I think that’s a winning issue for the GOP.
Yeah...just like Acorn....it’ll rise again!
At least he isn't Olympia Snowe or Susan Collins.
I think Boehner made the Dems' and Obama's job harder and more costly by his comment. To paraphrase a well-known Democrat, the fact that Obama's medical-care takeover is in an aerodynamic stall constitutes a crisis that shouldn't go to waste.
Anything can happen in high-stakes poker like this, but I believe Boehner gave ObamaCare a helpful shove into a tailspin.
I wouldn’t put too much credence in what Boehner says. I think something will pass in a very bastardized form. It will also be so poorly-defined that the BHO administration and judges will be able to interpret it any way they want.
Blue Dog Democrats know that they only have a chance of keeping their seats in ‘10 if they vote against Obama Health Care plan. If they vote in favor of it, we’ll see a tsunami even greater than the one back in ‘94.
He does continue to confirm his total disdain for the majority of Americans...
The more insults he throws at us the more likely there will be a bloodbath in 2010 regardless of whether this bill passes or not.
“the health-care plan that President Barack Obama is pushing in Congress is now dead and will not pass.”
Which plan is it? The Baucus plan is dead. He never says exactly which plan is his. Sounds like vapor ware to me.
ZERO has no concrete plan—he hasn’t read what was drafted by, I assume, lobbyists. Half of Congress and the Senate don’t know the details. Like, the IRS in it. No one asks them (media) very specific questions on each item....now that would be a hoot to watch all the stammers and stutters then.
Ditto. There is no 'try', although. If actual reconciliation fails, the Dhimms will simply re-write the rules literally in the dead of night and pass it anyway. Reid knows he's going down, so he's got nothing to lose.
....asked Gregory with voice quavering, mouth twitching and tear in corner of his eye.
And no matter what anyone says, the working middle class will pay for this....
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