"The promise to repeal Obamacare comes after Texas Sen. Ted Cruz refused to throw his support behind McConnell for majority leader. For Cruz and other senators of his ilk, the absolute top priority of the new Republican majority after jumpstarting the economy is getting rid of Obamacare. They are also hell bent on stopping President Barack Obama from implementing 'illegal amnesty.'"
Would it be possible for Cruz to stop McConnell from becoming majority leader?
“Furthermore Cruz, a presumed 2016 presidential candidate, has said several times on the campaign trail this fall that to him, the issue at the crux of the midterm elections was immigration reform and Obama’s promise to save millions of illegal immigrants from deportation through an executive order.”
Good for them I hope they succeed, as obozocare has nothing to do with compassion and everything with people control with the original intent to keep socialists in perpetual power. We have one of the best healthcare system in this world and along comes this clown and does everything possible to change it in order to suit his ideology.
What our existing healthcare system needed was some fine tuning and adjustments here and there, along with a dialog between healthcare professionals and law givers. But no, socialists invariable go at it with a sledge hammer and half baked and as usual it ends in a disaster and no one is happy and it doesn’t work to boot.
Maybe it’s good to have ObamaCare around for the next two years. Some of the worst parts (which Obama delayed) will be coming into force soon. If you think the Democrats did bad on Tuesday, just think how bad it will be after two years of anger building up in the American people.
Not so - since it was passed using the reconciliation procedure on a mere majority vote, then it can be repealed on 51 votes using reconciliation.
Yes, Obama will veto it, but so what - we need to get every Democrat Senator and every Democrat House member in the new Congress on record before the 2016 election as to where they stand on Obamacare.
Deeds, not words.
Wow! What a turnaround! The day after the election, McConnell said he would NOT be going after Obamacare and now, after the lightest prod from Cruz with a dull stick, he crumbles like a bad fortune cookie and says repeal is a top priority...
These guys can’t be that limp-wristed. The dems MUST have some dirt on them that forces them to keep trying to surrender..
To McConnell & Boehner - We don’t believe you. We don’t trust you. We don’t want Obamacare tinkered with, fixed, or replaced. We want it GONE.
I don't think the Democrats are too concerned about losing the Senate. Since this was a year when the Democrats had a lot more seats to defend, and since many of those seats were in states that weren't exactly Democratic strongholds, I believe most Democrats would have admitted behind the scenes that this was not likely to be a good election year for them.
However, I also think the Democrats have been shaken to the core by other Election Day results. They probably believed (as did I) that the laws of the physical universe prevented Republicans from winning governor's races in Marxist states like Massachusetts, Maryland and Illinois.
The economy is going nowhere if “Obamacare” remains in place. Those two issues are married.
1. Repeal Obamacare
2. Build the Fence
3. Roll the taxes back to Reagan Era levels
4. Rebuilt and restore our Military to Reagan Era levels
5. Disband DHS and give its responsibility back to the FBI
6. Get rid of TSA gropers
7. Disband the EPA, ATF, Energy Dept. and Dept. of Education
8. Disband the Bureau of Land Management and give the land back to the states from which it was seized.
9. Elect Palin to the Presidency
Keep “trying” doesn’t mean jack.
No they won’t. They might pass another couple dozen repeal attempts, but they don’t have veto override numbers.