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House GOP: President Obama 'most partisan' in history
Relishing Scott Brown's victory Tuesday night in Massachusetts, House Republicans came out swinging at President Barack Obama, the Democratic leadership and their agenda, calling Obama "the most partisan president that America has ever seen." "This president -- I think you could argue the most partisan president that America has ever seen -- and the Democratic majority rammed down a so-called economic stimulus plan down the throats of this Congress and the American people," said Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.). The GOP leadership pressed the message of Democratic arrogance after their weekly caucus Wednesday morning, using the Massachusetts special election results as a jumping-off point for attacking the Democrats. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia said Democrats should pay attention to a series of GOP wins, including Tuesday's vote and November's gubernatorial pickups in his home state and New Jersey. "This election last night in Massachusetts for senator-elect Brown was much about an election that rejected arrogance. Much like David in his fight against Goliath, David won because he was able to do so and fight in his own way. The American people -- the people of Massachusetts last night -- have rejected the arrogance. They are tired of being told by Washington how to think and what to do," Cantor said. The leaders zeroed in on health care reform efforts, responding to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's affirmations Tuesday that House Democrats will continue to push forward to get a bill to the president's desk. "It's that kind of arrogance that has the American people about ready to pull their hair out and about ready to throw every Democrat out of here," Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio said. While House Republican Conference chairman Mike Pence urged the president and Congress to "scrap their government plan for a takeover of health care," both he and Cantor reiterated that the Republicans would like to work on incremental plans to achieve health care reform. Cantor took a jab at Hoyer by citing a meeting he had at the beginning of this session with the majority as an example of both how the Democrats ignored GOP interests and how the parties might be able to work together moving forward. "I look back a few months ago, when I met with Majority Leader Hoyer, and I would guess this morning that perhaps he's thinking maybe he should have paid a bit more attention to that meeting. Because in that meeting, I put forth our Republican plan to affect health care reform ... there is a way for us to work together," Cantor said. "I'm hopeful that these elections have sent the message." Posted by: Fred 2010-01-21 |
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