Republicans don't need to "work with" the President

[Rozman]

What's the point of the election? If the Republicans go along with what Obama wants to do we could have saved everyone a lot of trouble and just kept the Dems in office.

 

[Scaybeez]

What's the point of the election? If the Republicans go along with what Obama wants to do we could have saved everyone a lot of trouble and just kept the Dems in office.

I don't think anyone expects the Republicans to just "go along with what Obama wants", but for Christ's sake, their number one goal should be helping America recover from this recession more quickly INSTEAD of trying to make the President look back for the 2012 election (as McConnell claims the top priority is).

 

[rightwinger]

What's the point of the election? If the Republicans go along with what Obama wants to do we could have saved everyone a lot of trouble and just kept the Dems in office.

The Dems are in office

They control the White House and the Senate. If the Repubs want to get anything done, they have to work with the dems who are the majority

If they want to Block everything...let them explain why they got nothing done

 

[skookerasbil]

It's not important just to look at the promises made by the Republicans who won last night, you have to look at the past year as well.

Republicans got flack for opposing Obama's spending and overhaul of GM, the health-care reform bill, the financial reform bill, the stimulus. They were all but left for dead by even many in their party two years ago. Now they take back the House, and make huge gains in the Senate by opposing Obama...and this means the country wants them to work with him?

BS.

This country wants them to stay the course and continue to oppose his runaway spending, not play into it. They should focus on two things: job growth and dealing with the health-care bill. They need to make an ultimatum: either agree to overhaul huge sections of it, with real oversight and repeal of the individual mandate, or they need to vote to cut any and all funding for it. That way there wont be a massive "repeal" of the law, but it wont go into effect with no funds appropriated for it.

They won't do crap.

indeed asshole............just like Obama did the last two years. He publically stated "FCUKK YOU" to the GOP back in Feb of 2009.
Funny thing is........the media didnt say shit about "working together". That only happens when the GOP kicks ass.

No.....the cold hard fact is that Obama needs to work with the winners..........

 

[skookerasbil]

Time for the left to bend over.......................


spread 'em good...........................

 

[skookerasbil]

yuk...........yuk..............

 

[Scaybeez]

indeed asshole............just like Obama did the last two years. He publically stated "FCUKK YOU" to the GOP back in Feb of 2009.
Funny thing is........the media didnt say shit about "working together". That only happens when the GOP kicks ass.

No.....the cold hard fact is that Obama needs to work with the winners..........

If the GOP leadership in the House is being loudly and proudly obstructionist, how exactly do you expect him to do so? The GOP's game for the first two years of Obama's Presidency has been to muck up the gears of government. That's fine and dandy when you're out of power and don't have to take any responsibility, but that's not the case anymore. If they're going to continue on this path, they're going to not just hurt the country, but their own party as well.

Should be interesting to see this play out.

 

[JakeStarkey]

If the GOP tries to obstruct governance by refusing take part with a majority in the House, the American people will turn on the Republicans in 2012.

 

[CMike]

Republicans need to defeat Obama's agenda.

 

[CMike]

If the GOP tries to obstruct governance by refusing take part with a majority in the House, the American people will turn on the Republicans in 2012.

No they won't.

The dems controlled congress the last two years of Pres. Bush's term, and Pres. Bush got blamed for everything.

 

[PixieStix]

The Republicans are not going to work with anyone. Their main goal is going to be to do nothing. They have already said as much.

And that's what we elected them to do: OBSTRUCT

I love that! And it is true

 

[Scaybeez]

I love that! And it is true

How is the representative government being ground to a halt a positive thing for anyone?

 

[Scaybeez]

No they won't.

The dems controlled congress the last two years of Pres. Bush's term, and Pres. Bush got blamed for everything.

That depends on who is better at playing this game (a game the GOP lost in the '96 election). If Obama can clearly demonstrate that he is attempting to pass populist legislation and the GOP is holding it up, they'll surely suffer for it next election.

 

[barenakedislam]

No they won't.

The dems controlled congress the last two years of Pres. Bush's term, and Pres. Bush got blamed for everything.

That depends on who is better at playing this game (a game the GOP lost in the '96 election). If Obama can clearly demonstrate that he is attempting to pass populist legislation and the GOP is holding it up, they'll surely suffer for it next election.

"populist' like what? The deathcare that 70% don't want. How about cap and tax which will cost EVERYONE more money. Everything he wants to do will hurt the middle class. He's as good as gone.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The health care is wanted by 50%, so stop your stupid lying. That % of approval is going to grow during the next 18 months. The health insurance industry had the opportunity, the GOP majorities had the opportunity and failed, and the time for wailing is over. The vote in 2010 was over the lack of jobs, not health care reform. That is merely in the hard right's head. The hard right of the GOP hates the middle class, and if the hard right and Tea Party obstruct, they will be gone in two years. If hard right and TP ideology get in the way of what is, the GOP will return to the majority.

 

[shintao]

It's not important just to look at the promises made by the Republicans who won last night, you have to look at the past year as well.

Republicans got flack for opposing Obama's spending and overhaul of GM, the health-care reform bill, the financial reform bill, the stimulus. They were all but left for dead by even many in their party two years ago. Now they take back the House, and make huge gains in the Senate by opposing Obama...and this means the country wants them to work with him?
BS.

The Party of NO, the "do whatever it takes" hasn't had a change of mind on the Obama score, so there should be less, not more cooperation from the GOP.

This country wants them to stay the course and continue to oppose his runaway spending, not play into it. They should focus on two things: job growth and dealing with the health-care bill. They need to make an ultimatum: either agree to overhaul huge sections of it, with real oversight and repeal of the individual mandate, or they need to vote to cut any and all funding for it. That way there wont be a massive "repeal" of the law, but it wont go into effect with no funds appropriated for it.

Hmm, so National Health Care should be a bigger priority than troops dying in the ME, or is the runaway spending what you call the military budget? And we both know that government doesn't create jobs, right? That you want smaller government that doesn't stand in the way. Correct?

No, no, I guess not.........................The Pledge to America states,...........

A plan to create jobs, end economic
uncertainty, and make America more
competitive must be the first and most
urgent domestic priority of our government.
So first, we offer a plan to get people working
again. We will end the attack on free
enterprise by repealing job-killing policies
and taking steps to assure current businesses
and future entrepreneurs that the
government will not stifle their ability to
compete in the global marketplace.

 

[Father Time]

Well let's see Republicans don't have a 2/3 majority and Obama is still president, I'd imagine they'd have to work with him or the Democrats to get anything done (aside from blocking things the Dems propose)

 

[shintao]

Well let's see Republicans don't have a 2/3 majority and Obama is still president, I'd imagine they'd have to work with him or the Democrats to get anything done (aside from blocking things the Dems propose)

Yes, quite an obstacle, there is no joy in republican Mudville, the might Boehner struck out.

 

[skookerasbil]

If the GOP tries to obstruct governance by refusing take part with a majority in the House, the American people will turn on the Republicans in 2012.

Hmmmmm.........analysis fAiL s0n.

Got some bad news for ya..........its virtually impossible now for the Dums to take back the House any time before 2020. A little thing called GOP dominance in the governorships from this past Tuesday and redistricting following the census. Do a little reasearch s0ns........dont take my word for it.........but the k00ks shit public policy weve seen for the past 23 months is shut down for at least the next 10 years.

 

[JakeStarkey]

I understand redistricting, but you don't understand election psychology. Incumbent opponents means nothing when the people are pissed, as we all just got a reminder. Count on Obama to 2016, and neither party is going to a 2/3rds majority in each house.