There are other things much easier to do than work with Dems.
Posted on 10/12/2011 7:47:03 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
Just where does the Ol' Romnster plan on finding good democrats? After everyone of them voted for Obama's healthcare disaster? After they approved all of Obama's road trips to socialism? Get Real Romney!! Stop talking to us like a bunch of 5 year olds! Cain him Herman!...just Cain him....
Zell Miller retired in '05. That was my first thought, too. Apparently no one has told Mitt that Zell ain't there no more.
There are other things much easier to do than work with Dems.
There aren't a lot of those type of Democrats left, but you have a few Senators, like Ben Nelson, who are persuadable on at least some issues. You've got your Blue Dogs in the House. Now, most (not all)of those folks voted for ObamaCare, but the political winds have shifted since that time, and a bunch of Democrats have drifted right to save their skins.
I would hope that any Republican, no matter who it is, would at least pretend to be open to the idea of working with those Democrats who can be worked with. That might be especially important in the Senate when talking about hitting 60 votes for filibusters. And there's no telling what the House will look like in, say, 2014, so every vote there might be important as well.
That doesn't mean you compromise on principle. It just means that you work to get whatever support you can for important legislation.
We want relieve from an oppressive federal government and Romney is giving us the the same line of crap we already get from Washington...no relieve....No Romney.
Yeah, where have we seen this “reach across the aisle” crap before? McCain was all about reaching across, and he ended up drawing back a stump.
Romney was trying to tell us he’s already been anointed. He will be Everybody’s President. He’s already going for the Independents.
After Obama has gone 100 MPH to destroy America with no compromise on anything from Republicans how is Romney doing 30MPH going to compromise with democrats to fix all the damage?
Two Senate Democrats voted against Obama's bill yesterday. How did the GOP "compromise" with them to get their support?
We're not going to agree with even conservative Democrats on every, or even most issues, else they'd be Republicans. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to get their support on issues on which there is agreement.
Plus, any GOP candidate who publicly states that he won't even try to work with Democrats is going to lost 20% of the independent vote off the top.
As sad as it is, a fair number of members of Congress will cast votes based on personal pique, or personality, as much as policy. Call them on the phone, ask for their support personally, and you might get it just by asking nicely. One of the things that supposedly is hurting Obama is that he rarely picks up the phone to who individual members in his own party, apparantly thinking it is beneath him.
They are all statists and socialists or at least sympathizers.No one with integrity,and who loves freedom can work with someone like that.
>> Spare us the Perry Fan Girl crap... It is not a Hobson’s Choice we have to make.
Ah, but it *is*, Romney-buttboy. Or maybe you’re an *Obama* fangirl.
You sleep with RINOs.
NO RINOS.
NO PERRYCARE.
NO ROMNEYCARE.
NO MORE RINOS.
>> You sleep with RINOs.
That’s a hollow statement, coming from one like you who’s busting his ass to get Romney elected.
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