Senate minority leader McConnell: Odds long against lawmakers seeking to gut health care law

Washington Pots ^ | July 2, 2012 | AP

[madprof98]

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — It’s on his to-do list, but U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the odds are against repealing the health care law championed by President Barack Obama.

The Kentucky Republican said Monday it’s hard to unravel something of the magnitude of the 2,700-page health care law, WHAS-TV (http://bit.ly/LSUtqX ) reports.

“If you thought it was a good idea for the federal government to go in this direction, I’d say the odds are still on your side,” McConnell said. “Because it’s a lot harder to undo something than it is to stop it in the first place.”

[madprof98]

"Repeal" will evidently be fund-raising slogan, much like Hope and Change.

[beethovenfan]

Is McConnell wimping out?

[Eye of Unk]

Obamacare is like something out of a sci-fi action movie where people are tempted to get the cup of eternal life, the goblet of wisdom, the goose that lives forever and drops golden turds etc.

[Psalm 144]

I assume your question is rhetorical.

[AU72]

Mitch, you’re out! your not a war time leader.

[SuperLuminal]

Did anyone here actualy believe that the guppies in the Senate would actually repeal deathcare?

LOL

[sarge83]

under puss in the dictionary is a picture of the republican
leadership with a special tribute to mcconnel.

[mkmensinger]

This guy thinks like a loser.

[BlackjackPershing]

When has Mitchy ever done anything but whimp out.

[traditional1]

"Is McConnell wimping out?"

Is the Pope Catholic?

RINO's, all.

[Sybeck1]

Romney will win.

Rinos will place so much on the “replace” that “repeal” will fail.

Romney is primaried.

Rinse and repeat

[GregoTX]

Hey take it easy Mitch... we were wanting you to uphold the Constitution, protect liberty, and keep our country free.... but not if it turns out to be "hard".

You can protect liberty and keep our country free if it comes easy.... OK?

[festusbanjo]

Mitch the Bitch snatches defeat from the jaws of victory. It’s weak ass weasels like this that hold us back as much as any liberal does. He and Bonehead have been major disappointments...all bark and no bite.

[Mygirlsmom]

Apparently, Mitch is having a little trouble counting to 51.

Tell you what ~ get 4 of your buddies together and all of you hold out all 10 fingers. I will provide the 51st.

[tflabo]

The scarecrow McConnell not only needs a brain but some courage for his cowardly spine.

[scooby321]

Mitch,, 51 votes and end the tax and the whole thing just crashes.

[RIghtwardHo]

Told ya, told ya, told ya.

I’ve been saying it since the ruling. They will NOT try and overturn it. They can’t overturn it. They are just blowing smoke, again, to get some conservatives, again, to jump like the puppets they are. How do you think we got Romney?

But, hey. Listen to the pundits. Listen to the “leaders”. Keep voting like they tell you and other group will be having this conversation on another conservative site LONG after we are gone. They will be wondering, again ... how did this happen? It’s because some LISTEN to these “conservatives” and believe them.

I will say again, they will do NOTHING to Obamacare, I don’t care if they get 60 seats in the Senate, add 100 in the House, and Romney converts to Baptist.

These GOP elites have been causing my ire to rise steadily since the nominating process began. They said, “we’re gonna give you and you’re gonna like it.”

[freekitty]

What a bunch of BS. It was really easy to pass it; therefore it should be be really easy to repeal it.

[NurdlyPeon]

“...he said: “Life is like a sewer; what you get out of it, depends on what you put into it”. And it's always seemed to me that this is precisely the sort of dynamic, positive thinking that we so desperately need in these times of crisis and universal brouhaha.....” - Tom Lehrer.