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Title: George Will: GOP Should Settle For Taking Congress, Forget White House...
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Politico
URL Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73541.html
Published: Mar 2, 2012
Author: TIM MAK
Post Date: 2012-03-02 10:32:55 by Brian S
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Views: 2408
Comments: 6
By TIM MAK | 3/2/12 8:33 AM EST Columnist George Will says the 2012 presidential race looks like it might be a lost cause for Republicans and believes that the primary goal of conservatives should be to retain control of the House and win the Senate so Congress can restrain President Barack Obama while the GOP grooms its talent for 2016. “Romney and Rick Santorum… are conservatives, although of strikingly different stripes. Neither, however, seems likely to be elected… If either is nominated, conservatives should vote for him,” Will writes in his upcoming Sunday column, obtained in advance by POLITICO Playbook by Mike Allen. Continue Reading However, Will argues, that control of both house of Congress is more attainable and more important. “[T]here would come a point when… conservatives turn their energies to a goal much more attainable than… electing Romney or Santorum president. It is the goal of retaining control of the House and winning control of the Senate.. [C]onservatives this year should have as their primary goal making sure Republicans wield all the gavels in Congress in 2013,” writes Will. Will argues that a Republican-controlled Congress would be able to strongly oppose the president’s agenda. “If Republicans do, their committee majorities will serve as fine-mesh filters, removing President Obama’s initiatives from the stream of legislation … [A] re-elected Obama — a lame duck at noon next Jan. 20 — would have a substantially reduced capacity to do harm,” he says. Will asserts that the GOP has a group of capable candidates waiting in the wings. “From Louisiana’s Gov. Bobby Jindal to Wisconsin’s Rep. Paul Ryan, Republicans have a rising generation of potential 2016 candidates. … [T]he presidency is not everything, and there will be another election in the next year divisible by four,” he says.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
He is a dumb ass. You need the Presidency to repeal Obamacare.
That's not how government works in the USA. Congress can enact or repeal legislation by 2/3 majority regardless of what the president says. Mitts would veto the repeal of ObomneyCare anyway, that's his baby. There would be practically no opposition to the spread of communism, since the GOP would go along with the Mormon Marxist Messiah. Free condoms, free abortions, free tofu, whatever! He's a Ded Kennedy R from Taxachussettes.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
The House can refuse to fund the implementation.
I dont' see 2/3 in the House or Senate.
After Bush and his big spending GOP congress, no one party should be trusted to run it all. Get rid of Harry Reid's control of the Senate and things will get better.
Harry Reid make me physically ill...but then again, so does McConnell.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'! Columnist George Will says the 2012 presidential race looks like it might be a lost cause for Republicans and believes that the primary goal of conservatives should be to retain control of the House and win the Senate so Congress can restrain President Barack Obama while the GOP grooms its talent for 2016.
#2. To: A K A Stone, *Yukon neo-Progressive Vermin*, *Ron Paul for President* (#1)
You need the Presidency to repeal Obamacare.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: A K A Stone (#1)
You need the Presidency to repeal Obamacare.
Iran’s main drive for acquiring atomic weapons is not for use against Israel but as a deterrent against U.S. intervention -- Major General Zeevi Farkash, head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate
#4. To: hondo68 (#2)
That's not how government works in the USA. Congress can enact or repeal legislation by 2/3 majority regardless of what the president says.
#5. To: Brian S (#0)
Iran’s main drive for acquiring atomic weapons is not for use against Israel but as a deterrent against U.S. intervention -- Major General Zeevi Farkash, head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate
#6. To: jwpegler (#5)
Get rid of Harry Reid's
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