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..
They actually said they wanted to repeal it, but that Obama would veto it so they had a back-up plan aimed at individual provisions (which might get enough Dem support to override a veto, whereas it might be hard to do that for the full “Obamacare” act).
I would suspect that what has happened is that the GOP have found that there are a lot of Dems who don’t want Obamacare tied around their necks, and now that Obama has turned out to be the kiss of death at the polling place, they’d be okay with opposing him. So there might actually be enough votes to override a veto, in which case Obama, to spare himself any further embarrassment, might not even veto it (although he will blame the GOP for the fact that “Obamacare” sucked in the first place, even though none of them voted for it).
The money is on the dirt!
I believe whole heartedly that the machine has the dirt on everyone. If they don’t, which I doubt, they will. Even with the latest crop of elected officials.
Notice how as soon as they show up in DC, it’s under the radar for them. I’m speaking largely about the newly elected. There are some outliers and thank god for them.
The ones that speak out are the ones to watch. Then shortly thereafter, they seem to get told to shut up or they find a horse head lying next to them in the morning.
They’d be fools not to go after Obamacare.
In polling 60% of the public absolutely hates it.