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2017-07-27 -Lurid Crime Tales-

The Six Senate Republicans Who Flip-flopped in Favor of Obamacare

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Posted by 3dc 2017-07-27 00:13|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top
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#1 Why the flip-flop? Republicans ran on repealing Obamacare. Voters are better-informed and do notice such things come election time.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-07-27 08:25|| 2017-07-27 08:25|| Front Page Top

#2 In elections, both Republicans and Democrats run to the right of their actual positions. They know what we want. Damn few are willing to give it to us.

Posted by Iblis 2017-07-27 10:02|| 2017-07-27 10:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Why the flip-flop? The National Republican Party would be a Center-Right Coalition in a Parliament. Four of the seven (Alexander,Murkowski, Portman and Collins) are long time center-Left RINO's. McCain is McCain, self-styled loose cannon... The other two, Heller and Capito, *hmmmm* looks like we have two new baby RINOs hiding in the larger elephant herd.

Posted by magpie 2017-07-27 10:14|| 2017-07-27 10:14|| Front Page Top

#4 In elections, both Republicans and Democrats run to the right of their actual positions.

But now they have revealed themselves. It will be interesting to see how voters respond the next time they're up for reelection.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-07-27 10:42|| 2017-07-27 10:42|| Front Page Top

#5 It will be interesting to see how voters respond the next time they're up for reelection

It's at least a year away for them. Plenty of time to redirect the conversation, short attention span of their constituents and all that.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2017-07-27 11:44|| 2017-07-27 11:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Of course you're right, Mullah. The Senate was designed that way. But we can always hope they'll have opponents in the primaries who will remind the voters of broken promises.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-07-27 15:37|| 2017-07-27 15:37|| Front Page Top

#7 But we can always hope they'll have opponents in the primaries who will remind the voters of broken promises.

OTOH, the promise breakers will have the entire rest of the senate trying to push voters toward the incumbent. Sort of a skewed playing field...

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-07-27 16:13|| 2017-07-27 16:13|| Front Page Top

#8 McCain is voting in accordance with AZ governor Ducey and the rest of GOP(e), in that Medicare is 'essential'.

Posted by Pappy 2017-07-27 16:18|| 2017-07-27 16:18|| Front Page Top

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