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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWelcome to the Republicans' "Whine Fest 2014"
A multilayered, sequenced assault
By Steve Benen
At last count, House Republicans have voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, in whole or in part, 46 times. Its become something of a punch-line to a dispiriting joke about a post-policy party whose sole goal appears to be delaying or eliminating health care benefits for millions of Americans...the crusade is only going to intensify.
Remember shortly after the 2012 elections, when Republicans were reeling after national defeats and stressing the need for rebranding? When House Speaker John Boehner told a national television audience, Obamacare is the law of the land?
Well, forget it.
Looking over the memo, literally called the House Republican Playbook, its hard not to notice there are no credible policy goals anywhere on the horizon. Indeed, GOP lawmakers have no intention of even trying to improve the health care system. They dont expect to repeal the Affordable Care Act. They dont intend to unveil a health care plan of their own. They dont actually intend to do any substantive work on the issue at all...what the House Republican majority has in mind is an assault featuring nothing but complaints and anecdotes.
In other words, for the party that admits to prioritizing messaging above all, the point isnt to govern; the point is to host Whine Fest 2014.
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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/multilayered-sequenced-assault
By Steve Benen
At last count, House Republicans have voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, in whole or in part, 46 times. Its become something of a punch-line to a dispiriting joke about a post-policy party whose sole goal appears to be delaying or eliminating health care benefits for millions of Americans...the crusade is only going to intensify.
The memo distributed to House Republicans this week was concise and blunt, listing talking points and marching orders: Because of Obamacare, I Lost My Insurance. Obamacare Increases Health Care Costs. The Exchanges May Not Be Secure, Putting Personal Information at Risk. Continue Collecting Constituent Stories.
The document, the product of a series of closed-door strategy sessions that began in mid-October, is part of an increasingly organized Republican attack on the Affordable Care Act, President Obamas signature legislative initiative. Republican strategists say that over the next several months, they intend to keep Democrats on their heels through a multilayered, sequenced assault.
Remember shortly after the 2012 elections, when Republicans were reeling after national defeats and stressing the need for rebranding? When House Speaker John Boehner told a national television audience, Obamacare is the law of the land?
Well, forget it.
Looking over the memo, literally called the House Republican Playbook, its hard not to notice there are no credible policy goals anywhere on the horizon. Indeed, GOP lawmakers have no intention of even trying to improve the health care system. They dont expect to repeal the Affordable Care Act. They dont intend to unveil a health care plan of their own. They dont actually intend to do any substantive work on the issue at all...what the House Republican majority has in mind is an assault featuring nothing but complaints and anecdotes.
In other words, for the party that admits to prioritizing messaging above all, the point isnt to govern; the point is to host Whine Fest 2014.
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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/multilayered-sequenced-assault
Krugman: Real Entitlement Reform
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024068848
This is sabotage, plain and simple
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024063858
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