Santorum: Bachmann, others failed to lead in debt fight (Santorum bashes conservatives)

The Hill, Washington, DC ^ | 2011-08-05 | Michael O'Brien & Geneva Sands-Sadowitz

[ZULU]

Santorum, Santorum, I think he was a Senator wasn’t he ?
(Sarcasm)

[Cheetahcat]

That Guy is a Idiot,Bachmann has been on this from the start and wanted ObamaCare repealed in exchange for a vote.

[Freddd]

Shame watching him go down in flames.

too bad he can’t talk about the Peabaggging Democrats like he does Republicans.

[Brimack34]

He is right they should have got a lot more freshmen to vote with them. It is one thing to vote another to bring people with you.

[newzjunkey]

Bachmann & Paul voted no even on "Cut, Cap & Balance." McCotter voted yes.

She is head of the TeaParty Caucus, Bachmann could've done more. She couldn't keep her caucus together. Failure of leadership.

[chris37]

I don’t see how it even matters.

We’re done.

[TigersEye]

Bachmann didn’t fail to lead. The GOP failed to follow her.

[grey_whiskers]

FURS.

Cheers!

[Gene Eric]

>> and Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.)

who castigated TEA members.

Too bad Wry McCotter’s tethered to a socialistic constituency.

[so_real]

-1 for Santorum. I like Rick; I do. He's a good Christian man and he'd be a fine leader in good times. But these aren't good times. I take a point out of his column for blaming Bachmann for Congress's failings. It was not a problem with Bachmann's ability to lead that was the problem. The issue was the Congress's willingness to do what was "easy" instead of standing firm and doing what was "right". Let's give Bachmann a Congress she can work with rather than blaming her for their shortcomings.

[hosepipe]

Sooooo, Santorum has no real strong principles..
Thats good to know..

[hosepipe]

Thaddeus McCotter is almost as creepy as Barney Frank..
The boys got some serious hair of the nape of the neck standing out magnetism..

[Cobra64]

They didn’t go along with it because they both vowed that the bill had to contain language repealing Obamacare, which it did not.

[Cobra64]

What the hell is this clown talking about? Both Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann were on the front lines screaming about balancing the budget, refusing to raise taxes, and saying no to the debt ceiling hike. He needs to get his facts straight.

Furthermore, in the debates, he would not back up his statements that he had made against Romney.

He's a coward.

[Cobra64]

if she had really been opposed to the bill, she should have said in advance that she wasn’t going to vote for it.

She did. Pay attention. Get on her blog's email months ago. She was so insistent it was almost getting annoying harping on this issue.

[Sun]

“and I had suck high hopes for the lad - shame, really.”

Very disappointing. What was he thinking.