Mitch McConnell: Yes, Republicans will attend the ObamaCare summit
posted at 8:15 pm on February 21, 2010 by Allahpundit
So much for Friday night’s boycott theory. The Gingrich plan is, it seems, in effect:
Republicans have accused the president of using Thursday’s summit as political theater, and had raised the prospect of not attending. McConnell dismissed the idea of a GOP boycott, saying that “we’re discussing the — sort of the makeup of the room and that sort of thing, but yeah, I intend to be there and my members will be there and ready to participate.”…
White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said in response that “the upcoming meeting is an opportunity to get beyond oft repeated and completely false talking points like these. . . . The President is coming to the meeting with an open mind and he hopes the Republicans do as well.”
Right. Via the LA Times, take a nice deep whiff of the White House’s new “bipartisanship”:
As voters lose patience with political gridlock, the Obama administration is embarking on a strategy aimed at putting Republicans on the spot: Either participate in bipartisan exchanges initiated by the president, or be portrayed as the party of obstruction…
“When you’re the president, you have the loudest microphone and clearest TV camera,” said Mark Corallo, a Republican strategist. “You get to stand up and look reasonable, bipartisan and leader-like. And anyone else ends up . . . looking like a petty partisan who is just interested in saying no. There’s no upside for the Republicans in even attending the healthcare summit.”…
An administration official said that in coming months, the White House would be quicker to point out instances of what he described as Republican intransigence. Though the White House has long believed that Republicans were committed to derailing Obama’s agenda, officials will be more aggressive in making the case.
In other words, a day after we watched that communique from Mount Olympus urging both sides not to turn the summit into political theater, here’s the White House all but admitting that the summit’s a key scene in the elaborate political theater they’ll be staging until November. Wonderful.
I was going to give you a clip of McConnell dumping on reconciliation, but this snippet of George Will celebrating the joys of gridlock and slamming the media for whining about “broken government” only when that government is controlled by the left is a better use of your time. He’s having a big weekend, huh?
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GOP better have its act together. It will be a trap. MANY traps all over the place.
ParisParamus on February 21, 2010 at 8:17 PM
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darii on February 21, 2010 at 8:17 PM
We’re in good hands.
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artist on February 21, 2010 at 8:17 PM
Ace had a post up today about ABC/BS raising its race, and Obama pointing this out on Saturday. Of course, Obama-like policies Caused the rate increase…
ParisParamus on February 21, 2010 at 8:17 PM
Either participate in bipartisan exchanges initiated by the president, or be portrayed as the party of obstruction…
…
Take obstruction.
All day long.
artist on February 21, 2010 at 8:19 PM
Idiots. Go read the New York Slimes if you guys are too dense to figure out what is obvious to all:
I’d fire every GOP moron who goes to this thing, if I could. And exile them to Antarctica, where they can’t do any damage.
My G-d, these people are dumb.
neurosculptor on February 21, 2010 at 8:20 PM
Why does “This Week” insist on having Arianna Huffington? That voice could cut glass.
darii on February 21, 2010 at 8:21 PM
And they think in November the voters will be unhappy about the GOP derailing the Obama agenda?
Wethal on February 21, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Obama’s goal is to repackage the bill.
New bipartisan look, same crappy partisan taste.
darii on February 21, 2010 at 8:22 PM
“Either participate in bipartisan exchanges initiated by the president, or be portrayed as the party of obstruction”
That’s the plan isn’t it?
He plans to blame the next two years of disastrous economy on the obstructionism.
It’s a two-fer.
One, he destroys the economy.
Two, he gets a new scapegoat to replace Booosh.
Some presidents scheme to make the country better.
Other scheme to make the country worse, but still have somebody to blame it on.
notagool on February 21, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Well, there is always hope the republicans will stumble over a clue for a change.
Skandia Recluse on February 21, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Yup! McCain will lead them into the Coliseum.
Thumbs down.
Cybergeezer on February 21, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Idiots!
AUINSC on February 21, 2010 at 8:23 PM
ooof. Smacking my head up against the wall.
El_Terrible on February 21, 2010 at 8:23 PM
WOW! Go George! That was fantastic. Thanks for the video, AP. Boy, wouldn’t it be great if the GOP stated, like Will stated, that the GOP is still the party of Lincoln when saying “no” to slavery, even economic slavery to the Federal Government.
Weight of Glory on February 21, 2010 at 8:23 PM
Actually, if the Republicans just walked out of the meeting when the Dems tell a big whopper and don’t allow for any response, it’d be awesome.
But it won’t happen.
darii on February 21, 2010 at 8:24 PM
Admiral Ackbar FTW
MyImamToldMeToDoIt on February 21, 2010 at 8:24 PM
How do you plan for every single ‘gotcha’ contingency that the dems are going to throw at them?
daesleeper on February 21, 2010 at 8:25 PM
;D
darii on February 21, 2010 at 8:25 PM
Hey, Chamberlin-esque, candy-ass RINOS…
Don’t you DARE whine about the whole thing when it’s over, mmmkay? I, for one, don’t want to hear it. You have been repeatedly warned.
SouthernGent on February 21, 2010 at 8:26 PM
How can you not detest cynicism and hypocrisy such as this? Obama is a master at saying one thing while brazenly doing the opposite. He’s a liar and a fraud.
petefrt on February 21, 2010 at 8:26 PM
The Dems need this media event to get the votes they need. Nancy and Harry have no doubt lost votes since the last one. There hsve been townhalls, the Tea Party rally in DC, Brown’s election, many retiremnts (including Kennedy’s) etc.
I doubt either has the votes now, even Nancy, who probably had some to spare and let them vote against Obamacare to mislead their constituents. Obama was higher in the polls then, too.
This is to show the Dems that there is “momentum” and that they can confidently criticize the GOP in the fall for being “obstructionist.”
They cannot imagine that there are GOP candidates who will say, “I’m obstructionist and d*mn proud of it”?
Wethal on February 21, 2010 at 8:26 PM
“It’s a trap!”
Seven Percent Solution on February 21, 2010 at 8:26 PM
Olympic Hockey
USA 2 Canada 1
End of 1st period
El_Terrible on February 21, 2010 at 8:28 PM
Here is some prep- material
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1M2Xfs2Mng
just so all of you at the summit are on the same page
macncheez on February 21, 2010 at 8:28 PM
“The makeup of the room”? Shades of the Paris peace talks over Vietnam, where the shape of the table was an issue.
The VietCong wanted to be considered a separate “side,” and the US wanted them to be part of the North Vietnamese contingent. So instead of a square or rectangular table, they had a round one.
Wethal on February 21, 2010 at 8:30 PM
No because that would be the worst visual possible.
The trick for the GOP is to go in and make it clear they are there as equals discussing the issue of healthcare reform and not the minority party being summoned to hear the latest offer from the filthy lying coward in the White House.
highhopes on February 21, 2010 at 8:30 PM
Dang. Ya gotta love George Will playing the Lincoln-slavery card on Donna Brazile. Boy did she ever look pissed. Everyone’s calling the libs out on their hypocrisy and other nonsense, and they’re just flailing around wondering what in the hell happened to their “mandate.”
Rational Thought on February 21, 2010 at 8:30 PM
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
darii on February 21, 2010 at 8:30 PM
Carolyn must have taught, You Know, You know, Flotus how to respond to the huck.
You Know…..?
OmahaConservative on February 21, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Will is on a roll, no doubt, and against mindless twits like Arianna Huffington he easily dominates the argument and turns their spoon fed memes back on them. He is someone who is incredibly right, or impossibly wrong, he can express conservative ideals like no one else, or he will back beltway republicans when they are going over a cliff.
When he is articulating like he is now, I am happy to hop on his bandwagon.
Rode Werk on February 21, 2010 at 8:31 PM
I love Rep. Mike Pence’s statement on this healthcare summit the leaders of the GOP are going to partake in: “Democrats spell summit S-E-T-U-P”
cubachi on February 21, 2010 at 8:31 PM
WTH is up with George Will? Is George reading the conservative TEA leaves?
d1carter on February 21, 2010 at 8:31 PM
I believe they should go, but if they aren’t bringing a clear alternative to what America has already rejected, and are ready to fight for it, McConnell and the Republican congressional establishment will screw this up, and there will be hell to pay.
Randy
williars on February 21, 2010 at 8:31 PM
WOW! George, is that YOU? Never knew ye to be so crisp.
petefrt on February 21, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Oooooooooooooooppppppppppppssss
Aw, hell. I meant Sweet Caroline.
OmahaConservative on February 21, 2010 at 8:33 PM
I’m with you, SG.
Weight of Glory on February 21, 2010 at 8:33 PM
Not sure how that will happen either, unless Obama and the Dems are really, really, really desperate for a bipartisan event. I hope the GOP can basically demand starting over from scratch and do so in a forceful way that doesn’t make them look like the minority party. But somehow I have the feeling that teh One isn’t going to let that sort of thing happen. Why risk ruining the big bipartisan facade with actual bipartisanship which will just sink ObamaCare?
darii on February 21, 2010 at 8:34 PM
If you look closely, you can see Huffy’s broom parked under the table.
petefrt on February 21, 2010 at 8:34 PM
How many voters know that the Dems could have passed this mess at any time? I bet not too many.
And the White House couldn’t really abuse the other Dems for not passing the Obamacare travesty. What to do? What to do?
Invite the fool whipping boys in to start the talk all over again and have the stinking media ready to lie until Sunday.
IlikedAUH2O on February 21, 2010 at 8:34 PM
Possibly so George can have his way with her on national TV. It isn’t a fair match.
a capella on February 21, 2010 at 8:35 PM
Was that a witch joke? Or something else *shudder*?
darii on February 21, 2010 at 8:36 PM
So bring a copy of the Senate and House bills, each 2000+ pages, and then put the GOP version from the House beside them.
And then ask Obama, “Where to you want to start? You said you go through these in detail.”
Wethal on February 21, 2010 at 8:36 PM
On the other hand, this a bigger risk for the Anointed One in that his nefarious tactics will be there for all to see in its mendacity and hypocrisy.
Doubling-down doesn’t always mean you win, neither in black jack nor in politics.
Of course he will be supported by the lying hyenas in the MSMS who will say “he won, he won”. Even if he doesn’t.
Dhuka on February 21, 2010 at 8:36 PM
I bet the other panelists are given some sort of earplugs for when she speaks.
darii on February 21, 2010 at 8:37 PM
Why give him a chance?
darii on February 21, 2010 at 8:37 PM
I have to respectfully disagree. There is no reaason to participate in anything whose sole purpose is to resuscitate a totally un-Constitutional piece of legislation that should ahve died a natural death 8 months ago.
America does not want Congress spending their time trying to pass something that America just doesn’t want.
All the GOP should say about this meeting, or health care, in general, is that the federal government has to remain within its Constitutional boundaries and that does not include individuals’ health insurance (which has no effect on the federal budget), and that the only thing that needs reforming is Medicare, which DOES sit on the government’s books. The GOP should tell the dems to go get the $500 BILLION in waste and fraud that the dems have promised is easy to find and scoop off of Medicare (without affecting anything) which made up the bulk of the funding for their insane takeover of health care. That is it. That needs to be the answer given to every Dem mention of “health care”.
GO GET THE $500 BILLION FROM MEDICARE!!
There is nothing else that the GOP needs to say. Force the dcems to work on that
neurosculptor on February 21, 2010 at 8:37 PM
Obama is the moderator of this thing. He can cut off any speaker when he wants. And no doubt he will.
Wethal on February 21, 2010 at 8:37 PM
The beast is wounded, and the repubs choose style over substance..appearances over principles.
Gak.
Itchee Dryback on February 21, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Ugghhh……
so squishy.
NeoKong on February 21, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Sets himself up as the dispassionate party, so that anything stupid about the plan hits the congressional dems, not him.
darii on February 21, 2010 at 8:40 PM
The GOP has to show up in some manner after all the hype put out by the filthy lying coward and his minions and useful idiots (i.e. morons like Mike Huckabee). It also precludes the first line defense of using reconciliation to pass a bill that nobody but radical socialists want. But that doesn’t mean the GOP has to take whatever comes afterward. I personally liked Charles Krauthammer’s idea of making Congressman Ryan in charge of the discussion since he can speak intelligently about the funding lies put forth by the Dems. Obama wants a discussion, the GOP should give him one and demand real answers.
highhopes on February 21, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Stupid is as stupid does.IT,S A TRAP YOU FOOLS
thmcbb on February 21, 2010 at 8:42 PM
Because Eva Gabor is no longer, um, available.
smellthecoffee on February 21, 2010 at 8:42 PM
Agreed.
darii on February 21, 2010 at 8:45 PM
Most definitely. The former constitutional law professor (a/k/a/ part-time adjunct) will try to look like the impartial discussion leader.
I wonder what the talks about the “makeup” of the room are? No Greek columns behind Obatma?
Wethal on February 21, 2010 at 8:45 PM
This setup is going to be a phony, “see how bipartisan I am” photo op for Obama. There will be no compromises offered, only a take it or leave it, I won attitude. This will be followed by the all out reconciliation push that we all know is coming.
b3026 on February 21, 2010 at 8:46 PM
Just before the berricare Christmas Eve vote that the GOP was instrumental in making happen, McConnell and Hatch both said that, “all they were asking was to be allowed by the Dems to participate in crafting the bill.”
If we get communism-care, it will be because “men” like Hatch and McConnell want us all to be submissive to the big strong leftists, just as they are and always will be.
They were sent to Washington to execute the will of the people who say NO to govt. takeover of 1/6 of the freemarket. They refuse to do so, and instead are helping bring a dead monster back to life.
There are just no words…….. well, yes, there are… words like @#%$^^%&(&%^%$@###$$%%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just for starters. Now, where did I leave my pitchfork…..
tigerlily on February 21, 2010 at 8:46 PM
McConnell is a pussy and I say “chow” to him. And, I’m not talking about his bipartisan wife either. They just don’t get it. We want to be the party of “HELL NO” to all that Obama wants to do and here’s McConnell playing nice. I’d like to kick him in ……. if he had any.
suzyk on February 21, 2010 at 8:47 PM
Yup, trot right in there like the p#ssies you are. When you leave, check your local state un-employment web site.
katy the mean old lady on February 21, 2010 at 8:47 PM
As some of you know…
… I have the ability for ‘Time Travel’.
Here is the video of what is about to take place…
Seven Percent Solution on February 21, 2010 at 8:47 PM
Perhaps there will not be any lights on the Republican side of the room?
darii on February 21, 2010 at 8:48 PM
The Repubs should demand to know where the TARP repayment money is….
d1carter on February 21, 2010 at 8:49 PM
It should be right behind my bucket of tar and that feather mattress.
katy the mean old lady on February 21, 2010 at 8:50 PM
Would have liked to have seen Braziles response to that. Who lit the fire under George Will lately?
ctmom on February 21, 2010 at 8:50 PM
This could be the Anointed One’s version of Pickett’s charge.
Dhuka on February 21, 2010 at 8:50 PM
I guess the GOP really wants the Tea Party to have to become a political party. In these days of the internet, that transition can happen very, very quickly.
neurosculptor on February 21, 2010 at 8:51 PM
btw, how long before the left is screaming about how George Will struck Arianna Huffpo. Hasn’t she been living here long enough to drop that ridiculous accent?
ctmom on February 21, 2010 at 8:51 PM
So his plan is for the next 2 1/2 years to suck as bad as this past year and to somehow pin the blame on the GOP who were in the minority the whole time? Yeah, that’s a winning strategy. I hope that’s what he plans to do. He’d lose in a landslide of Reagan-esque proportions.
Doughboy on February 21, 2010 at 8:52 PM
But by then it will be too late. The gov’t will control your health care and “fix” it until it’s too expensive for anyone except elected officials and union mob bosses.
ROCnPhilly on February 21, 2010 at 8:56 PM
Thanks! Did you watch the John Cleese one below it?
katy the mean old lady on February 21, 2010 at 8:56 PM
Yes he is. Maybe he’ll understand that the reason he’s making such a big splash is that he is actually saying things Conservatives agree with…instead of putting them down.
AUINSC on February 21, 2010 at 8:59 PM
Drudge
Obama will propose giving the federal government new power to block excessive rate increases by health insurance companies…
artist on February 21, 2010 at 8:59 PM
But she has political sense and does not rise to the Susan Estrich level of annoying speech.
In the aftermath of Gray Davis leaving office, all the candidates had to file by a certain date and time for the special election. The Governator was a favorite and all the press was staked out to show Arnie arriving in Sacramento to put his name into contention. Arianna literally circled the block so that she could “happen to arrive” at the same time so that the cameras showed her along with Arnie with Maria going in to become candidates.
Huffington failed at becoming Governor of California but she really does have some credentials. Compare to Megan McCain.
highhopes on February 21, 2010 at 9:00 PM
Hey we go again!
Gothguy on February 21, 2010 at 9:01 PM
SCORE!!!!!!!!
USA 3 Canada 2
2nd Period
El_Terrible on February 21, 2010 at 9:02 PM
Don’t go!
It’s a cookbook!
atheling on February 21, 2010 at 9:02 PM
In other words, they’ll be forced into bankruptcy allowing the federal government to swoop in and institute a single payer system. And how long before they do that to every industry? I feel like I went to sleep and woke up in the USSR.
Doughboy on February 21, 2010 at 9:02 PM
Scott Brown MUST be at this meeting. He’s the reminder that the ‘obstructionist’ Republicans couldn’t obstruct squat until Massachusetts sent Brown to the Senate.
joejm65 on February 21, 2010 at 9:03 PM
Earth to GOP:
Get the dems to get the $500 Billion in Medicare waste and fraud, NOW, that their whole fraud is “funded” with.
That is it. There is nothing for you idiots to talk about.
neurosculptor on February 21, 2010 at 9:05 PM
I personally liked Charles Krauthammer’s idea of making Congressman Ryan in charge of the discussion since he can speak intelligently about the funding lies put forth by the Dems. Obama wants a discussion, the GOP should give him one and demand real answers.
highhopes on February 21, 2010 at 8:40 PM
If we had a nickel for every lie berri tells and every opportunity the GOP misses, highhopes.
The only one in charge of the discussion and the entire kangaroo court will be berri. The GOP are giving him the cover he needs by being the willing stooges who he can point to as obstructing the process, even one that he so selflessly arranged and took time to participate in; to personally “mediate” in his all-knowing and all-seeing wisdom, and to have it televised for all to learn the truth from his very mouth.
After the debacle of sound bites and msm editing that the useful GOP idiots hand over to berri, he will say that the GOP’s disgraceful obstruction has left the Democrats no choice but to pass this much needed reform through reconciliation – which 90% of the population won’t understand, and at which time berri can lie as usual, saying that it is always done that way when there is too much gridlock, blah, blah, blah.
In this battle for the survival of America, we have as our defenders men who are unarmed, unable and because they “represent” us, when they hand themselves over to berri on a platter, they literally hand each one of us over, too.
How. Dare. They.
tigerlily on February 21, 2010 at 9:06 PM
McConnell, you sh1thead – willing dupe and accomplice to the Dems.
What a f@#$ing moron.
Midas on February 21, 2010 at 9:07 PM
JUDAS !
Sandybourne on February 21, 2010 at 9:07 PM
I’m not sure where she’s from but she’s been in this country for at least a dozen years and still has a hard time speaking English.
FloatingRock on February 21, 2010 at 9:08 PM
This is a tremendously insightful comment.
Remember, there are (3) possible outcomes;
1. The meeting is a shambles – nothing comes out of it; nothing is passed.
Obama looks statesmanlike, and a “broken” congress and “obstructionist” R’s are at fault.
2. The meeting is (whatever,) and a bill is passed via reconcilliation.
Obama gets to claim “he did the best he could, with what the congress brought him.
3. The meeting produces some sort of compromise bill, maybe even with slightly palatable elements in it for both sides.
Obama looks like the great mediator.
In other words, this is a trap for both sides; no possible outcome will be blamed on Obama, and any success can be claimed fully by him.
massrighty on February 21, 2010 at 9:09 PM
What part of NO GOVERNMENT HIJACK of HEALTHCARE hasn’t been clear??? We’ve been saying the same thing since April. If the Repubs make one move towards “getting along”, they are worthless, spineless jellyfish and deserve all of the contempt and condemnation they will receive.
indypat on February 21, 2010 at 9:10 PM
She’s Greek.
neurosculptor on February 21, 2010 at 9:10 PM
Now, where did I leave my pitchfork…..
tigerlily on February 21, 2010 at 8:46 PM
It should be right behind my bucket of tar and that feather mattress.
katy the mean old lady on February 21, 2010 at 8:50 PM
If we really want to honor American tradition, we can stay on the lookout for a red ant hill and some honey…..
tigerlily on February 21, 2010 at 9:10 PM
Or Mussolinis’ Italy.
massrighty on February 21, 2010 at 9:10 PM
I’d like to be optimistic but based on the GOPs past performance I find it very difficult. Obama controls the agenda and the air time . . . just what in the world these dolts believe they can accomplish by letting themselves be ambushed defies rational thought.
rplat on February 21, 2010 at 9:12 PM
Seriously – it’s bullsh1t like this from Republicans in DC that is going to get them their walking papers as well, as well as a serious third party effort. In the end, it will be futile and the Dems will win elections in ’10 and ’12, and these morons will have helped them do it.
My God, these Repugnicans insist on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, don’t they?
Midas on February 21, 2010 at 9:13 PM
I hit submit by mistake.
Ariana’s English isn’t so bad, considering that the current occupier of the White House has still not mastered the correct use of the indefinite article (we’ll leave his inability to deal with fractions for another thread).
neurosculptor on February 21, 2010 at 9:13 PM
Earth to GOP:
Get the dems to get the $500 Billion in Medicare waste and fraud, NOW, that their whole fraud is “funded” with.
That is it. There is nothing for you idiots to talk about.
neurosculptor on February 21, 2010 at 9:05 PM
neuro, just about everything you post is a home-run—you say what I’m thinking only you say it so much better! Keep posting!
tigerlily on February 21, 2010 at 9:14 PM
I have fire ants! We can save on the honey.
katy the mean old lady on February 21, 2010 at 9:14 PM
Just Say NO!!!
missl on February 21, 2010 at 9:14 PM
PalinWill 2012keep the change on February 21, 2010 at 9:16 PM
O.K. Republicans go to Obama’s circus, and show us something or rather anything that would give us confidence in your leadership. Strategy has never been one of your strong points.
mobydutch on February 21, 2010 at 9:17 PM
Leadup to the summit. Bash the insurance companies. Maybe bash big pharma in a few days.
Wethal on February 21, 2010 at 9:17 PM
Thanks, tigerlily. We are definitely in sync. And katy is right there, too. I like that mean old lady.
neurosculptor on February 21, 2010 at 9:18 PM
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