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GOP Girds Itself for "Minor Revolution" as Dems Prepare to Go It Alone on Health Care
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Sep 07, 2009 03:17am |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Brian Beutler |
| News Date | Tuesday, September 1, 2009 11:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | As Republicans walk away from bipartisan health care negotiations and Democrats prepare to pass reforms on their own, the GOP is sharpening its rhetorical swords ahead of a big legislative fight.
"I think that would wreck our health care system and wreck the Democratic Party if they did that," Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) told reporters during a Tuesday conference call. "[T]here would be a minor revolution in the country."
He's beginning to sound like Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK). Which is telling for a senator who's normally thought of as one of the GOP's less abrasive members. And though Alexander probably isn't the best source of information for what will or will not wreck the Democratic party, his dramatic words signal that the Republicans take the threat seriously.
And they're not just resorting to tough talk. |
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