Boehner has the Winning Hand - Will He Play It?
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- Created: Sunday, 29 September 2013 11:32
- Published: Sunday, 29 September 2013 11:32
- Written by Ax D. WhiteMan
Despite the heroism of Ted Cruz, the battle of ObamaCare will take place in the House - not the Senate.
Even before the House has finished drafting its latest funding bill (CR) the Senate and Obama have declared that they will not accept it and will force a so called "Shut Down."
Boehner and the house GOP have a winning hand to play - if they'll play it. When the Senate rejects the current CR, the House should wait a few days and let the "shutdown fury" play itself out a bit. Take the time to reiterate that Obama and the Senate have two Bills on their desk to fully fund Government, but refuse them.
Despite their positioning to the contrary - it is Democrats, not Republicans that will face mounting pressure to cave. The House should submit a third and final CR something like this:
-Fully fund Government at existing levels
-Fully Fund ObamaCare Immediately
- Remove all individual penalties for not participating
Once the third and final CR is passed, the GOP will point out that the ObamaCare bill remains 100% in tact, and if it's as great as they say it is - people will enter the system voluntarily. This is the American way, and a true "pro-choice" position. In the face of mounting pressure to re-open the Political Patronage Distribution system we call "Government," It's hard to imagine that there won't be a few defectors to the "Pro-Choice" side.
Boehner should also add, that this is all we're going to do - if we want to leave the Government running in a state of "essential services only" until the 2014 elections - Fine. Let the people vote on whether or not they want to be forced into ObamaCare.
If we can't win that argument - we're not going to win any others anyway.