Kochs and Other Conservatives Split Over Strategy on Health Law

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Kochs and Other Conservatives Split Over Strategy on Health Law

By ERIC LIPTON and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE at the NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/us/kochs-and-other-conservatives-split-over-strategy-on-health-law.html

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The conflicting opinions, which had been kept mostly private for months as the budget conflict in Washington escalated, reflect a growing fear that the Republicans will be blamed for fallout from the government shutdown without anything to show for it.

“We were fighting a battle where we already lost, on the same battlefield where we already lost it,” said Hogan Gidley, a former executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party and an adviser to Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign last year.

Dan Holler, a spokesman for Heritage Action, which has led the effort to defund the health care program even if it meant a government shutdown, said the divisions among conservative activists were not a surprise.

“Anytime you choose to engage in policy fights in Washington, chances are your supporters are not going to be in 100 percent alignment all the time,” he said. “That is how Washington works.”


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[jsr]

1. They need to reconcile and take each other hunting

Cheney style.

[JHB]

2. Hmmm. Perhaps they should have thought of that before pushing ahead with it, eh?

But then, exit strategies are only something they demand from Democrats. They don't value them too much themselves.

[Southside]

3. They miscalculated on President Obama doing the old 2 step

And Obama started twerking, tongue out and everything. Caught them off guard when the rules of engagement were changed. The pragmatic president turned into the dogmatic president. Obama flipped the script and the future looks brighter because he changed. Thank you Mr. President.