(POLITICO 44).Looking to score points in the immediate aftermath of President Barack Obama’s speech Wednesday, Republicans have readied a response strategy that they hope will steal some of the president’s thunder.
Republicans are prepared to take on the president following the speech no matter what he unveils Wednesday night and will attack Obama for supporting a public option even if he backs off from such a program in his speech.
“Even if Obama says that he doesn’t support a public option, Republicans still expect him to work towards one, whether in the form of [an insurance] co-op or through another way, and we will continue to hit him on it,” a Republican National Committee official told POLITICO.
The Republicans also are pushing hard to frame the Obama’s speech in the hours leading up to its delivery.
Tuesday night, RNC Chairman Michael Steele kicked off a series of national and regional television and radio interviews with an appearance on Fox News host Sean Hannity’s show, criticizing the president’s anticipated remarks.
Steele also has an op-ed in POLITICO Wednesday accusing the president of not being “serious” on health care reform, in which he jokingly writes that Obama will tell Americans “that if you like your current health care plan you can keep it, that no one will interfere with the doctor patient relationship, there will be no threat of rationing care for seniors, there will be no cuts to Medicare, the Cubs will win the World Series and gravity is no longer a factor.”
Conservative opponents of health reform dominated the month of August, showing up at congressional town halls to criticize the Democratic plans as a big-government solution to the health care. The White House tried to strike back at some of the criticisms – labeling GOP talk of “death panels” and coverage of illegal immigrants as outright falsehoods – and in the op-ed, Steele steers clear of some of the more incendiary language used by conservative supporters.
On Thursday, Steele will counter the president with appearances on CNN’s “Situation Room,” Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” and Florida television stations where the RNC is pushing its so-called “seniors’ bill of rights.”.
The RNC will also live-blog the speech, which House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced Tuesday will be rebutted by Louisiana Rep. Charles Boustany, a career thoracic surgeon
Republicans are prepared to take on the president following the speech no matter what he unveils Wednesday night and will attack Obama for supporting a public option even if he backs off from such a program in his speech.
“Even if Obama says that he doesn’t support a public option, Republicans still expect him to work towards one, whether in the form of [an insurance] co-op or through another way, and we will continue to hit him on it,” a Republican National Committee official told POLITICO.
The Republicans also are pushing hard to frame the Obama’s speech in the hours leading up to its delivery.
Tuesday night, RNC Chairman Michael Steele kicked off a series of national and regional television and radio interviews with an appearance on Fox News host Sean Hannity’s show, criticizing the president’s anticipated remarks.
Steele also has an op-ed in POLITICO Wednesday accusing the president of not being “serious” on health care reform, in which he jokingly writes that Obama will tell Americans “that if you like your current health care plan you can keep it, that no one will interfere with the doctor patient relationship, there will be no threat of rationing care for seniors, there will be no cuts to Medicare, the Cubs will win the World Series and gravity is no longer a factor.”
Conservative opponents of health reform dominated the month of August, showing up at congressional town halls to criticize the Democratic plans as a big-government solution to the health care. The White House tried to strike back at some of the criticisms – labeling GOP talk of “death panels” and coverage of illegal immigrants as outright falsehoods – and in the op-ed, Steele steers clear of some of the more incendiary language used by conservative supporters.
On Thursday, Steele will counter the president with appearances on CNN’s “Situation Room,” Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” and Florida television stations where the RNC is pushing its so-called “seniors’ bill of rights.”.
The RNC will also live-blog the speech, which House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced Tuesday will be rebutted by Louisiana Rep. Charles Boustany, a career thoracic surgeon
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