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| Brokaw: What Are Republicans 'Prepared To Give Democrats' To Meet In Middle? |
| 2014-11-04 |
| [BREITBART] Monday afternoon on MSNBC, NBC News' Tom Brokaw was asked what Americans are thinking heading into Tuesday's midterm election. "Well, they're thinking that they'd like to have Washington get something done," Brokaw said. "The question is, not just which party can get it done, but how can they change the tone of Washington so they can work together." "I was listening to Gov. Haley Barbour a moment ago, no one is shrewder in the Republican party than Haley, and last week Senator Portman from Ohio was talking about the agenda for the Republicans if they gain control of the Senate; the question then is, what are they prepared to give to the Democrats to meet them in the middle ground?" "What are they going to do about immigration, what are they going to do about the minimum wage?" Brokaw continued. "Things have not been done in the last couple of years, in part because both parties have staked out positions at either end of the spectrum and refuse to meet in the middle. That's the question I think that the country is really fed up with." "If you go around America, city councils in Seattle, Los Angeles and Atlanta are getting things done because they work together. It doesn't happen in Washington." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #20 This should be the message: |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-11-04 20:42 |
| #19 If I'm not mistaken Seattle and LA are deep, deep, blue (and socialist). Don't know about Atlanta but I suspect it's pretty deep blue too. In other words - if you would only do whatever we want we will get things done! Problem is - with Mitch in there the Republicans might do just that - go along to get along. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-11-04 19:15 |
| #18 Issa does rock, and he lives 24/7 in Elijah Cumming's Corrupt Haid |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-11-04 18:44 |
| #17 Issa rocks. You are misguided. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-11-04 18:22 |
| #16 rather have Heulscamp than Issa. |
| Posted by: bman 2014-11-04 17:26 |
| #15 The bird? |
| Posted by: Nero 2014-11-04 14:52 |
| #14 How about jack squat? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-11-04 11:42 |
| #13 Give them a beat down. Let them come to the middle. Or better yet, not at all. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2014-11-04 11:40 |
| #12 Geez Raj, with a hockey stick. No need to bring Global Warming into this discussion. /snark off |
| Posted by: Bob Ghibelline1669 2014-11-04 10:12 |
| #11 Brokaw can go fuck himself with a hockey stick. |
| Posted by: Raj 2014-11-04 09:58 |
| #10 We'll give you firm opposition to the Democrats' statist agenda, in the shape of deregulation, the abolition of several agencies, and ending usurpation of powers by the executive and judicial branches. Anything else we can help you with? how about voter IDs with swift punishment for fraud? |
| Posted by: Si vis pacem para bellum 2014-11-04 08:03 |
| #9 Considering the Dems will most likely have McConnell and Boehner instead of Cruz and Issa as leaders to work with I would say they already got enough. |
| Posted by: airandee 2014-11-04 07:00 |
| #8 I was going to say a broken leg... |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2014-11-04 06:24 |
| #7 A punch in the face? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-11-04 06:01 |
| #6 In my adult lifetime Democrats have compromised exactly three times with Republicans. -Clinton signing a Republican balanced budget -Clinton signing a welfare reform bill -Clinton signing NAFTA Every other time, without exception, "compromise" has been defined as the center and right coming 95%-99% of the way towards the Democrat position. No exceptions. Thousands of bills and policy decisions. When Republicans win, it's always talk about what they should give up. When Democrats win, they say the same. Heads we win, tails we lose. How very mature and "progressive". You can go to hell, Mr. Brokaw. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2014-11-04 04:54 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-11-04 01:07 |
| #4 Free biometric voter ID in all 57 states ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-11-04 00:46 |
| #3 Depends on the meaning of "get things done". Screw up health care? Mess up the economy? Kill jobs? Drive up energy prices? Maybe when it comes to "getting things done", less is more. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-11-04 00:38 |
| #2 "We won." - Republicans |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-11-04 00:30 |
| #1 Why must republicans always "give" to "get something done"? Let the left give up something for a change. |
| Posted by: badanov 2014-11-04 00:12 |