(Thinkprogress).This morning on Fox and Friends, host Brian Kilmeade did a segment defending the Republican Party against accusations that it is trying to “sink” health care reform. “[D]oes this conspiracy theory really hold any water?” asked Kilmeade,The two Republican guests on the panel agreed:
KT McFARLAND, FMR REAGAN OFFICIAL: First thing — the right-wing conspiracy? The GOP isn’t that organized. Secondly, they’re not against health care reform, they’re just against this health care reform, and they’re particularly against nationalized health care, which is the direction that we’re going. [...]
JOHN FUND, WSJ: How in the world can Republicans — even if they wanted to be obstructionist — do anything? They don’t have any votes in the Senate to block a filibuster, they’re a hopeless minority in the House, they don’t have the White House. So even if they were obstructionist, this is all on Democrats because they have all the votes they need. So to blame the other party is, frankly, I think, passing the buck. And I think the fact that Democrats now want to move to this reconciliation measure, which would require only 51 votes to pass something in the Senate — I think this is very politically perilous because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would have to lead that fight.
KT McFARLAND, FMR REAGAN OFFICIAL: First thing — the right-wing conspiracy? The GOP isn’t that organized. Secondly, they’re not against health care reform, they’re just against this health care reform, and they’re particularly against nationalized health care, which is the direction that we’re going. [...]
JOHN FUND, WSJ: How in the world can Republicans — even if they wanted to be obstructionist — do anything? They don’t have any votes in the Senate to block a filibuster, they’re a hopeless minority in the House, they don’t have the White House. So even if they were obstructionist, this is all on Democrats because they have all the votes they need. So to blame the other party is, frankly, I think, passing the buck. And I think the fact that Democrats now want to move to this reconciliation measure, which would require only 51 votes to pass something in the Senate — I think this is very politically perilous because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would have to lead that fight.
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