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In reply to the discussion: The GOP 2014 election strategy will now be to attack Dems for proposing Social Security cuts [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)30. They can't ...
Remember ... this is the starting point of a new "negotiation" (the gop's words).
What do you think will happen when President Obama (or maybe a Democratic legislator) offers:
Okay, Mr./Ms. gop Legislator ... Here's what we can do ... I'll drop the Chained CPI, no one seems to like that approach, even apparently the gop that is demanding cuts to "entitlements" (a win for the American people) and I will reduce my revenue ask by half what the CCPI would have realized (a win for the you, the gop).
Where does the gop go? ... and not cement their "unwillingness to compromise" monicker with the solid plurarity of gop and independent voters (a solid majority when taken as a whole) that poll as having the gop being unwilling to compromise and President Obama (and Democrats being willing to compromise).
In order to flip the House (because of gerrymandering as a result of 2010), we need those groups to either stay home, vote 3rd-Party, or vote Democratic. In my estimation ... It 's all about 2014.
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The GOP 2014 election strategy will now be to attack Dems for proposing Social Security cuts [View all]
Cali_Democrat
Apr 2013
OP
Gee, thanks for doing my homework worsebefore, I knew I read it somewhere.
xtraxritical
Apr 2013
#38
which is interesting, as those are the same people who, by their own admission, believe 2 things:
Volaris
Apr 2013
#21
Obama obviously wants more Republicans in Congress since he hates dealing with Democrats.
forestpath
Apr 2013
#19
Sure, that is going to be the take away. That will distill right out of the corporate media.
TheKentuckian
Apr 2013
#35
Then drag out the RSC budget and point to the chained CPI - and Medicare vouchers
spedtr90
Apr 2013
#28