The Republicans know how to game the system. Yet, when they\u2019re beat, they\u2019re sore losers. Noble. They\u2019ve been scorching fields and salting the earth for 40 years in their win-at-all-costs effort to destroy public confidence in government.<\/p>\n
Think Progress \u00bb Steele: Democrats Were Trying To \u2018Flip The Bird To The American People\u2019 By Voting On Health Reform Last Night<\/a><\/p>\n [T]he only reason why Congress held the cloture vote at 1am this morning<\/a>, was because Republicans filibustered the bill<\/strong>. Last night, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) offered a unanimous consent agreement to move the 1 a.m. vote to 9 a.m. this morning if Republicans agreed to forgo the optional 30 hours of debate between each cloture vote and still pass the final legislation before Christmas. Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), who had also sternly criticized the early morning vote, objected to the measure. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Think Progress \u00bb Steele: Democrats Were Trying To \u2018Flip The Bird To The American People\u2019 By Voting On Health Reform Last Night<\/a><\/p>\n Think Progress \u00bb Matalin slurs health reform advocates as \u2018health care jihadists.\u2019<\/a> <\/p>\n Yesterday on CNN, Republican strategist and CNN contributor<\/a> Mary Matalin railed against Democrats for pushing forward with health reform efforts. \u201cThey\u2019ve been on this jihad for 70 years, and they\u2019re going to throw over all their competitive seats to do it,\u201d she said, adding<\/a>: <\/p>\n And I don\u2019t know what kind of party that is. That leaves left in the Democratic Party the urban centers, this is tyranny of the minority. Two-thirds of the country don\u2019t want this. And one-third of these jihadists, these health care jihadists do. I guess that\u2019s how democracy in the Obama era works.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Moments later, she smeared the prior efforts to establish Social Security and Medicare as \u201centitlement jihads\u201d as well.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Think Progress \u00bb Matalin slurs health reform advocates as \u2018health care jihadists.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Republicans know how to game the system. Yet, when they\u2019re beat, they\u2019re sore losers. Noble. They\u2019ve been scorching fields and salting the earth for 40 years in their win-at-all-costs effort to destroy public confidence in government. Think Progress \u00bb Steele: Democrats Were Trying To \u2018Flip The Bird To The American People\u2019 By Voting On … Continue reading Next November, Remember the Party of No<\/span> \n
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