they will tout the semi-Conservative aspects he, at times, attempted to co-opt during the Election and be passing them off as Obama’s own — “Tax Cuts” for one….

we’re already hearing the usual BS that they will masquerade as “helpful to the economy” Tax cuts from the Middle-Class Task-force….

from here (with active sub-links
Biden announced the year end results, and no surprise, it’s the same old Liberal Class warfare and Dem. Money Laundering (PC excuses to $pend) (plus “extent possible” language) schemes…..

It’s for the Children BS abounds….

1st…. divide and conquer and play up the Children angle with more Child Tax Credits…. Basically, anyone that hasn’t had children are told TOUGH, you don’t get to keep more of your own money because we want to use it to SUBSIDIZE those who have had kids to buy additional votes.

2nd…. reward the Colleges/Universities…. Oh wait, they aren’t directly going to state that, but it is all about rewarding their Elitist allies by subsidizing and lowering Student Loan “burdens”…. you know, so they can be paid off even longer periods and/or more of them forgiven, while the Colleges and Universities can then DRIVE UP THE COST OF ATTENDING to pad Salaries even more as more Federal monies and regulations (harming Banks, for one) are doled out.

There’s more… but it is NOT as if you shouldn’t have known in advance the same old Liberal/Progressive playbook wasn’t in play.

It is up to us, of course, to keep the pressure on regarding REAL Tax Cuts (including making Bush’s permanent) for Job creation, not more usual Liberal gimmicks/Class-Warfare. We still keep hearing how “Republicans have NO PLAN” in regard to HC reform, which is (of course) complete BS….

Cross-State line portability (which States will resist giving up Mandates/Controls), Tort reform min. 50Billion, PreExisting condition exclusion (guaranteed issue) elimination (not allowed in MI, enact that Nationally), post/transitional employment coverage (modifying COBRA and HSA/MSA accounts to NOT ZERO OUT each year so multi-year savings can/will PAY FOR OWN COVERAGE while between jobs), (avoiding the HR3200/HR3926/HR3590 consequences/fact) opposing More Govt. regulations and paperwork which will DRIVE UP not reduce costs and bring us more Lawyers and Office Administrators to deal with it NOT Doctors, etc….

more in the Obamaocare primers: here, here, here, here, here, and HC issues summary here

The REPUBLICAN plans/goals for HC are laid out in both the House and Senate sites as well as many GOP related sites.

I am confused on the Medicare “Waste, fraud and abuse” cut that was identified as an issue in the “Wealth Reform” ( health care reform) package.
If they can identify 500 Billion in waste fraud and abuse now, why aren’t they working on the cleanup? Oh, they won’t do that unless they pass their package? It would seem that if they were aware of this, they should have been on top of the problem for a while as indicated by the figure they came up with, 500 Billion.
So they know all about it, how much w.f.a. there is and where it is…or how could they generate the value?
And…therefore…why haven’t they done something about it?
Somebody….explain this to me…
Thanks,
Mark

I think he’s still too much in love with the establishment Republican koolaid.

I don’t know what it’s going to take to get a serious shake-up of House leadership, but something needs to have. We want our top dogs to have names like Pence, Flake, Hensarling, and Bachman. We need a whip who is a nasty, hateful SOB who has both DeMint and some RINO-hating legbreakers on speed dial.

I think he’s still too much in love with the establishment Republican koolaid.

I don’t know what it’s going to take to get a serious shake-up of House leadership, but something needs to have. We want our top dogs to have names like Pence, Flake, Hensarling, and Bachman. We need a whip who is a nasty, hateful SOB who has both DeMint and some RINO-hating legbreakers on speed dial.

And Obama is buying.
Pretty clear what is going on here.
Soon as Boehner saw the crack in the wall he was on it like a duck on a junebug.
Ok….I am a bit cynical..

and Boehner is stupid to reach out to Osama Obama. I considered Boehner to be a step up from Cantor in the brain cell area, now I’m not so sure. Axelrod, and Pee Wee Gibbs will spin this no matter what comes of it, and, it won’t be anything in the Republicans favor. They are on the down hill slide, don’t put a speed bump up to help them.

I would prefer to see it in the public forum.
Otherwise, it looks like more back room dealing and I trust none of them.
And among the things I would approve for Boehner to say to Obama..

Eat Dirt!
No secret meeting necessary.

This is why he has a 24% favorable approval rating.

since Brown’s victory last Tuesday, If Obama is just a liberal politcian and not a radical progressive he will triangulate. This gives him a chance to do it. My guess is he is he will stick to his “I won” attitude or give empty rhetoric about Bipartisanship but stay his course. It is a gamble as he could pull a Clinton, but I dont think he will because he doesnt have the humility to admit defeat (see the Marion Berry statement) so I feel its a good one.

The Dems invited President Bush to their retreats and the Repubs did the same to Obama. The difference is that Obama accepted the invite. Honestly, it’s silly of those Members that are making a big deal over Obama’s speech to them. I say let the Obama make some silly speech that the public will never hear and then move on. By making a stink about this, we just look foolish.

Since the Tarp bill at least. He has held the caucus to No votes all year and deserves credit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvnwOjDjnH4