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Sen. DeMint: 'Going It Alone' Would Hurt Dems In 2010
Rachel Slajda | August 19, 2009, 1:18PM
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)
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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) said today that if Democrats pass health care reform without Republican support, they'll suffer losses in the 2010 election cycle.
"If we get into this kind of backroom shenanigans, I think the American people are going to throw them out of office -- and they should," DeMint said on CNBC.
Even President Obama political standing would be damaged, he said.
"If he passes this without any Republican support -- or really, any American support -- I think it's going to hurt his presidency," he said.
DeMint is the senator who said health care reform would be Obama's "Waterloo."
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Mike Hickerson
August 19, 2009 1:29 PM
Oh No, the threat of losses from a guy whose party was severely whacked in '06 and '08, despite their predictions to the contrary.
How much stupider does this regional southern party want to look to rest of the country?
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thomas1
August 19, 2009 1:53 PM
I've been noticing many, many rethugs getting in line to support the Pres on many, many issues since Jan 20.
NOT!!!
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mike5
August 19, 2009 2:06 PM
I don't think DeMint cares what any of this looks like to anyone except republicans. He really believes that Obama got elected because republicans weren't "conservative" enough. I don't think he really cares much about anything except re-election and his bank account.
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rumpole
August 19, 2009 2:07 PM
this is exactly what they're afraid of. Pass the bill without a single R, and then hang them with it. It isn't hard to do.
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Matt Jones
August 19, 2009 2:14 PM
At this point, if a Republican said the sky was blue, I'd go out and check for myself. And any discussion of the perils of "going it alone" is hilarious coming from the party that wanted to change the Senate rules so they could "go it alone" MORE.
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Former Federal Employee
August 19, 2009 2:14 PM
Going it alone won't hurt Democrats even a little.
Having at least sixty cents of every dollar donated by insurance companies to campaigns, going to Republicans, surely will. But if we didn't expect that in advance, then we probably shouldn't have made that issue a cornerstone for most of our races for national offices.
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Shrubbit
August 19, 2009 2:26 PM
Don't forget to switch on your Neocon/English translator. Revised:
Sen. DeMint: 'Going It Alone' Would Help Dems In 2010
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