"Biden: 'No Leadership' in GOP" by Arlette Saenz at Yahoo

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Biden: 'No Leadership' in GOP

by Arlette Saenz at Yahoo

http://news.yahoo.com/biden-no-leadership-gop-204403929--abc-news-politics.html

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"There is no leadership," he told donors for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City, according to the pool report. "There is nobody you can sit across the table from and shake hands, make a deal with.

"The problem is we have the tail wagging the dog in the Republican Party," he added.

Biden led negotiations with Republican leaders in Congress in what resulted in the fiscal cliff deal earlier this year. While he did not cite the specific negotiations, the vice president said that in at least five instances, House Republicans took back an offer they had agreed to, calling Biden to say, "What we agreed to Joe, we can't do."

"The reason this is so dysfunctional now - with whom do you make a deal? With whom do you speak to get something done?" he said.



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1. Trying to work with the GOP is like battleling a many headed Hydra. It reminds me too

of Canada's conservative Prime Minister refusing to meet with provincial premiers. Why? If he meets with them there may be agreements and that means more government money will be spent or more regulations in place, both of which the conservatives hate. The GOP don't want government to work in any proactive way. Hell they don't want government to work.