Republican Governors Clash With Washington Over Shutdown

[Purveyor]

By William Selway - Oct 3, 2013

U.S. Republican governors faulted politicians in Washington for the budget standoff that shuttered the federal government for the first time in 17 years, saying it threatens to tarnish the party’s image.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, said “dysfunction” in the nation’s capital is casting doubt over the party’s philosophy and clashes with how it has been implemented in the states.

“We are no longer going to outsource the Republican brand to the folks in Washington,” he said in statement. “Conservative principles, when turned into actual policies, are working out in the real world. But the dysfunction in Washington casts doubt on conservative ideas and whether they work or not.”

The comments highlight a divide among Republicans as the partial government shutdown entered its third day. House Republicans are seeking to use the budget negotiations to force changes to President Barack Obama’s health-care law. Obama and the Democrat-controlled Senate have refused.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-03/republican-governors-clash-with-washington-over-federal-shutdown.html

[tularetom]

1. So it's the "dysfunction in Washington" that's making "conservative principles" look so bad?

Boy does this guy not get it.

[AgingAmerican]

2. Doubt is being cast on 'conservative ideas'?

Ya think? Maybe it's because they are loony?

[DonViejo]

3. As soon as this Bloomberg article gets wide enough

exposure, Jindal et al, will issue statements clarifying that the Democrats have made D.C. dysfunctional, not the GOTP

[C_U_L8R]

4. What a chickenshit

Jindal is hiding from the republican goo hoping it doesn't affect his own ambitions. You're not fooling anyone Bobby.