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Monday, October 05, 2009

Obama Has Not Met With The GOP Leaders Since May

President Obama has cut off communication with Republican leaders, going more than four months without hosting the bipartisan congressional leadership at the White House to discuss his health care proposal, the No. 2 Republican in the House said Wednesday.


Minority Whip Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, told The Washington Times that health care reform has been an "utter disaster" for Mr. Obama and predicted if he pushes through a public option as part of a final bill, Republicans will win back at least one chamber of Congress in the 2010 elections.


Mr. Cantor said Mr. Obama initially asked for Republican help on health care, but Republicans have heard nothing since they offered their ideas.


"No matter what the cry is from the White House, no matter what the president claims, they have not engaged with us," he said...

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your top GOP leaders have either been screaming "death panels" or failing to clarify their oppositions view beyond simple fearmongering tactics. You can't negotiate with someone who is simply looking to stonewall your efforts.

Dems. and Reps. need to clean house of the dumb@$$es who simply want to shout hyperbole and let the common sense folks in the middle hash out a plan.

Anonymous said...

Why meet with the GOP? All they do is stonewall and offer no solutions. They brought it on themselves.

Anonymous said...

What's the point of meeting with them?
Plus, he prefers to associate himself with more intelligent people.

Anonymous said...

You can not cross the Anti-christ.