Republicans Losing Another Shutdown Showdown

[DonViejo]

First Read: “In our experience, there’s a simple rule to follow to make sense of any shutdown showdown: The side that’s divided usually loses. And Republicans are the ones who are divided in the battle over funding the Department of Homeland Security — over whether or not to include riders overturning Obama’s executive actions on immigration.”

“Playing politics with security is always problematic. But it’s doubly problematic when your party is divided.”

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http://politicalwire.com/2015/02/16/republicans-losing-another-shutdown-showdown/

[Thinkingabout]

1. They want to blame Democrats because more did not vote with republicans, huh?

What about the clause to stop Obama's executive order on immigration when that failed to produce an immigration bill. The failure still points to the Republicans.

[Glitterati]

2. Why NOT blame the Democrats?

They blamed the Republicans for every failed piece of legislation when THEY were in the majority............

[randome]

6. With one big difference. Democrats in general are more willing to compromise. Republicans aren't.

And another: Democrats never held entire agencies hostage to get their way.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

[Glitterati]

11. Hypocrite much?

ROFL, no, not agencies......Democrats just held the poor hostage over and over and over......I know.......I'm poor!

Here's just a sample of headlines (let's NOT be hypocrites)

Pelosi blames GOP, Bush for unemployment

Nancy Pelosi Blames Republicans for Partisanship

Nancy Pelosi Blames Republicans: "It's The Tea Party... (for the shutdown)

Nancy Pelosi Blames Racism for Delays in Immigration ...

Pelosi Blames Republicans for Poor Security in Benghazi

On Ebola, Republicans, Democrats Playing the Blame Game

Seriously, I could go on FOREVER.........

[liberalhistorian]

12. Are you sure you're

posting on the right website? Sure doesn't sound like it.

[Glitterati]

13. Sure I am........I'm quite certain an HONEST Democrat will upset a few here

but no matter. Truth is truth........I note you didn't bother to refute the FACTS, just me personally.

[Bandit]

3. How did they lose the first one.

Seems to me they made HUGE gains in every aspect of elected office. To me that is not losing..

[madokie]

4. Only through Gerrymandering did they

Dems got 20 million more votes than did the pukes this last election

[Bandit]

5. Senate races are not gerry-mandered, nor are Gubnatorial races.

[HereSince1628]

9. But, gubernatorial elections -ARE- timed.

Wisconsin had pretty even alternation of parties in the governors mansion until the elections were changed to occur in off-years from the presidential election.

Enough dems don't do the off-year elections to give the r's an advantage.

[madville]

7. Maybe they think it's a winning formula for 2016

Didn't hurt them in 2014, statewide races like the Senate and Governor were a fairly successful venture for them. It makes their base happy anyway and that's the turnout that helps them when Democrats are lackadaisical.

[summerschild]

8. More proof. REPUBLICANS CANNOT GOVERN!

[Cha]

10. I know Latinos Must be paying attention to these recons wanting to destroy the President's EO

on Immigration. I would hope those who didn't vote in 2014 are paying attention, too!

Mahalo Don

[greytdemocrat]

14. The average US voter has no idea this is going on. n/t