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or giving "peace" a chance. After President Obama made a conciliatory speech calling for cooperation, Mitch McConnell made a speech at the Heritage foundation making clear his one objective for the next two years: defeating the President's reelection and total control of both chambers of govt.


Mitch McConnell Challenges Obama With Bold Speech
AP/The Huffington Post | CHARLES BABINGTON WASHINGTON -- Barely an hour after President Barack Obama invited congressional Republicans to post-election talks to work together on major issues, the Senate's GOP leader had a blunt message: His party's main goal is denying Obama re-election.

In a sign that combat and the 2012 elections rather than compromise could mark the next two years, Sen. Mitch McConnell on Thursday called for Senate votes to repeal or erode Obama's signature health care law, to cut spending and to shrink government.

"The only way to do all these things it is to put someone in the White House who won't veto any of these things," McConnell said in a speech to the conservative Heritage Foundation.

The Senate Republican leader's confrontational tone was in sharp contrast to the posture Obama took Wednesday in the face of a new GOP-controlled House and Republican gains in the Senate. Obama followed up Thursday morning by inviting Republican and Democratic congressional leaders for talks on Nov. 18 and challenging his own Cabinet to make Washington work better.

"I want us to talk substantively about how we can move the American people's agenda forward," Obama said of the upcoming meeting with lawmakers. "It's not just going to be a photo op."

The meeting in two weeks will be watched for any indication of compromise between Obama and Congress' Republican leaders, House Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner and McConnell. They will be joined by the top Democrats in Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
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Well let me help you to see the irony of this situation. This has been the battle cry of Republicans since President Obama was elected: The Party of No! Now even with a control in congress, no comprimise in sight. More of the same grid lock if the ONLY point of concession is my way or the highway (maybe you can relate to that) Like it or not, this will ALWAYS be a politically divided country, unless the real motivating factor of the right wing is to make this a dictatorship.
Elintorventor, is this all you have? Boehner already did "Hell NO" during the healthcare debate on the floor. THOUGHTFUL people, and for all our differences I have counted you as one, realize that for a government to function there must be actual governing. As long as we have a two party system, and as bad as Fox News wants the country to be a dictatorship it will not be anytime soon, there must be compromise on issues.
I'm not a John Lennon fan either. Where has all this talk about "let's work together" been for the last 2 years? Things have been shoved down our throats for 2 years. Now that Obama had his ass handed to him Tuesday he wants to work together. Congress and the Senate know what the people want. Do the job or we'll replace them again in 2012.
You know, most Republicans said that they agreed with 80% of the healthcare bill. Now they want to repeal the whole thing. If they REALLY want to do something good for the country, rather than trying to repeal it, which of course won't work, they will take advantage of this new spirit of co-operation and try to "fix" the other 20%. We'll see how they handle that, and I believe that will tell us a lot about what this new "balance of power" will bring.
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Originally posted by rocky:
Well let me help you to see the irony of this situation. This has been the battle cry of Republicans since President Obama was elected: The Party of No! Now even with a control in congress, no comprimise in sight. More of the same grid lock if the ONLY point of concession is my way or the highway (maybe you can relate to that) Like it or not, this will ALWAYS be a politically divided country, unless the real motivating factor of the right wing is to make this a dictatorship.
Once again, the NOs were by the MAJORITY of the American citizens, which obama figured he could ignore. Now he wants to work with the Republicans after he said Republicans could come along but they had to get/ride in the back. AND let's not forget his pet name for Republicans-enemies. And you still wonder why we call BS on anything he or the rest of the dems say?
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Originally posted by O No!:
You know, most Republicans said that they agreed with 80% of the healthcare bill. Now they want to repeal the whole thing. If they REALLY want to do something good for the country, rather than trying to repeal it, which of course won't work, they will take advantage of this new spirit of co-operation and try to "fix" the other 20%. We'll see how they handle that, and I believe that will tell us a lot about what this new "balance of power" will bring.
No offense but do you have a link to that claim? I have never heard them say they agreed to 80% of the bill. Quite the opposite.
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Originally posted by Jennifer:
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Originally posted by O No!:
You know, most Republicans said that they agreed with 80% of the healthcare bill. Now they want to repeal the whole thing. If they REALLY want to do something good for the country, rather than trying to repeal it, which of course won't work, they will take advantage of this new spirit of co-operation and try to "fix" the other 20%. We'll see how they handle that, and I believe that will tell us a lot about what this new "balance of power" will bring.
No offense but do you have a link to that claim? I have never heard them say they agreed to 80% of the bill. Quite the opposite.


I, too, would like to see the provenance of that statement! Provide, please.
I would go more with this.

"Republicans and Democrats probably agree on what 80 percent of the problems are with health care -- but those problems and various solutions are entirely different than agreeing on 80 percent of a bill, especially one to the size, scope and costs that Democrats keep trying to force," Dayspring said. He suggested, for instance, that both parties may agree on the need to address pre-existing conditions, to improve access to insurance for small businesses, and to reduce costs. "Even though there are differences as to the precise remedy or method of the solution, these are issues that could probably be worked out," Dayspring said. "Unfortunately, Democrats ... are fixated on the 20 percent where there will never be agreement, namely a much more expansive government role."

BTW Wasserman is an idiot. She is the one who said there were no mandates to buy health insurance in the bill.

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"We actually have not required in this law that you carry health insurance."

Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Monday, April 5th, 2010 in a town hall in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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