On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes Sam, it seems that at a town hall meeting Obama seemed to imply that > ALL talks would be televised publicly, and this was not done. > > > http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/517/health-care-reform-public-sessions-C-SPAN/ > > But are you conceding this was done behind closed without any republicans present?
> ---------- > > You need to refresh your twitter feed. Obama is finally meeting with Republicans. That WWII issue about banning vets from entering an open park put them on the ropes. That and refusing to treat a kid with cancer. . > Some members have expressed trepidation about the tactics of Boehner and > the tea party, especially after the House repeatedly voted on measures to > block Obamacare that were summarily rejected by the Senate. > > "We tried it a couple of times. We were running out of time," said Rep. > Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), signaling his displeasure. "My issue there was, > 'Guys, I don't see this progressing, let's switch strategy,'" he told > reporters after House GOP leaders again decided against floating a clean > bill Tuesday. > > Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) suggested Tuesday that talks of that nature > might give House leaders a way out of what another Republican senator, Bob > Corker of Tennessee, called a "box canyon." > > "The House Republicans are looking for a way out of this because of the > reaction of the American people, but they're also trying to preserve their > position, and it's a very difficult situation for them," McCain said. > "Hopefully, we can find something that would give some small satisfaction > to our friends in the House that they could agree to." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367545 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
