Republicans Reluctantly Acknowledge a Failure of Governing

[DonViejo]

Source: New York Times



By CARL HULSE JULY 12, 2017


WASHINGTON — Republicans are failing at governance. And they know it.

Their senatorially painful decision announced on Tuesday to sacrifice some of lawmakers’ usually sacrosanct August recess was a public confession that they have not gotten the job done even while controlling the White House, Senate and House of Representatives.

In deciding to forgo at least the first two weeks of their regular summer getaway, Senator Mitch McConnell and his colleagues essentially admitted that they could not afford to go home to face constituents without making a concerted effort to pass contentious health care legislation and put some other points on the board.

“It is time to get results for the American people,” said a group of 10 Republican senators who had pressed Mr. McConnell, the Kentucky Republican and majority leader, to force the Senate to stick around.

Legislative results have been in short supply for unified Republican government as first the House and now the Senate have gotten badly bogged down in trying to overhaul the Obama administration’s health care law — a top priority of Republicans since 2010. The stalemate has been ugly, preventing Republicans from moving ahead on long overdue budget, spending and tax priorities and leaving Mr. McConnell and Senate Republicans frustrated and doubting their abilities.



Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/us/politics/republicans-health-care-senate-recess.html?_r=0

[hibbing]

1. If only they would have had time to come up with a plan

I still am feeling very pessimistic and that they will get their wet dream of kicking 20 million people off insurance.


Peace

[Dave Starsky]

2. Here's a strategy: Try not being assholes.

I know, it's a crazy idea. But why not give it a shot? You haven't done it before. And it's clear your usual douchebaggery just flat isn't working. You've conned all the people you're going to con.

[Ligyron]

3. I just don't see even their bagger constituents clamoring for an ACA repeal now.

Even their most brainwashed morans don't see this as any type of priority. The more they learn about the alternatives, the more they like the ACA.

[ancianita]

4. They fail at governing because they fail at reading history: no taxation without representation.

[Gothmog]

5. The GOP does not believe in government and so the GOP is bad at governing

[Flo Mingo]

6. They fail at governing because

That's not what they're there to do. They're there to dismantle the government.

Ever since Ronald Reagan, their mantra has been that Government is the problem. Wouldn't it stand to reason then that if you have a problem, you work to get rid of it.

In this regard, they've been smashingly successful.

[PJMcK]

7. A key point

From the excerpt:

"The stalemate has been ugly... leaving Mr. McConnell and Senate Republicans frustrated and doubting their abilities."

Poor babies. Republicans are the party of obstruction and destruction. They have no abilities to govern for the People. Although I'm disappointed that Secretary Clinton lost the election and the Senate and House remain in GOP hands, I'm pleased that they are being exposed for the do-nothing incompetents that they are.

Go ahead, McConnell, cancel your precious August vacation and work through the summer the same way most Americans have to.

[CanonRay]

8. Truth is, none of them want to go home anyway

their constituents are waiting with pitchforks.