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In reply to the discussion: Obama on MTP: 'Let's just say it: The Republicans are the problem' [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)Rush said they wanted Obama to fail. McConnell said publicly their goal was that Obama not be re-elected. They have carried out their plan almost perfectly.
...The 15 Republicans were in a sombre mood as they gathered at the Caucus Room in Washington, an upscale restaurant where a New York strip steak costs $51.
Attending the dinner were House members Eric Cantor, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Hoekstra, Dan Lungren, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan and Pete Sessions. From the Senate were Tom Coburn, Bob Corker, Jim DeMint, John Ensign and Jon Kyl. Others present were former House Speaker and future and failed presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and the Republican strategist Frank Luntz, who organised the dinner and sent out the invitations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/26/democrats-gop-plot-obstruct-obama