Showing posts with label Red State. Show all posts
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Friday, November 7, 2014

GOP Majority, Day 1: McConnell Surrenders--Won't Be 'Shutting down Gov't'

Leon H. Wolf, Nov. 6, 2014, Red State

If you watched the respective press conferences of Barack Obama and Mitch McConnell yesterday, you would be forgiven for thinking that the Democrats had just picked up a bunch of seats in the House and Senate, and the Republicans had just suffered a humiliating defeat. 


While President Obama was defiant and borderline delusional, claiming that the American people had not repudiated him and boldly proclaiming that he still had a mandate, and openly declaring that he would veto everything the Republicans sent his way and act on his own, Mitch McConnell was ruling out the use of the most potent weapons in his arsenal:

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Dear GOP: No One Elected You To 'Work With' Democrats

Leon H. Wolf, Nov. 5, 2014, Red State

As the reality of a Republican wave became imminent last night, a dangerous narrative began to take hold among the conservative talking heads on cable news and in the victory speeches of the victorious Republicans. The narrative was that now that the Republicans have control of both chambers of Congress, it is incumbent upon them to work with Obama and the other Democrats in the service of “getting things done” and “fixing the broken system.”

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