The Blog of the Rhode Island Republican Assembly
Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown talked with CNBC’s Larry Kudlow and said that President Obama should “start over” on Health Care Reform. Brown warned Democrats they would pay a high price in 2010 if they jam ObamaCare through using “Reconciliation.”
Brown said, “I’m challenging the President to do better.”
If you haven’t been able to make a RIYR event yet, please do your best to come on Thursday night. The Republican movement needs to continue to build upon the conservative momentum, backlash, and awakening here in Rhode Island. It is vitally important that we continue to network, expand our Party’s base, and express our cause.
Thursday night, bring a friend. And come see what the Young Republicans and the RIGOP have been up to. And find out how you can help. Get involved in 2010!
Cost – $0.0
Where – Two Forty-Two Restaurant | 242 Atwells Avenue (Federal Hill), Providence
When – Thursday, March 4th, from 7:00pm-9:00pm
Guest Speaker – Dan Yorke (630 WPRO)
Travis Rowley
Chair, Rhode Island Young Republicans
We’re only a day or two away from the first anniversary of the date former Republican Mayor and U.S. Senate candidate Steve Laffey of Cranston told WPRO radio talk show host Dan Yorke “I love Rhode Island. I love the people,” but “you only want me if you have a serious financial problem in an organization and you want to fix it. I’m not so sure that the people really want to fix it.” On that day, Laffey said he would not be a candidate for governor.
A lot has changed since March 5, 2009…
…Rhode Island’s fiscal problems are huge. Will we “really want to fix it?”
I imagine that’s what Laffey is trying to figure out as he criss-crosses the state telling all who will listen his plan named How to Fix Rhode Island’s Economy. In January, even Laffey claims he was surprised when more than 400 folks turned out at the Quonset ‘O’ Club to hear him speak.
Read Laffey’s complete plan here:
www.valleybreeze.com/www/Laffey_Fix_RI.pdf
…One thing is for sure. The world of American politics has changed dramatically since Laffey bowed out of the race a year ago.
Are Rhode Islanders ready to make bold – and even extreme – changes to the way the state runs? I think we’ll get our chance to find out.
Read More: The Valley Breeze
Note: Tom Ward is the publisher of The Valley Breeze.
Republicans! The next RIYR event is only one week away! That’s about as much time as it takes for a Democrat to forget about the Scott Brown election.
The Democrats are on the move once again – in Washington and in Rhode Island. So come get together with some like-minded conservatives, and see what the Young Republicans and the RIGOP have been up to, and what you can do to help the Republican reform movement right here in Rhode Island.
Cost – As free as universal healthcare
Where – 242 Restaurant at 242 Atwells Avenue, Providence (Federal Hill)
When – Thursday, March 4th, from 7pm-9pm (after-party is a likelihood)
Guest Speaker – TBA
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Travis Rowley
Chair, Rhode Island Young Republicans
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Michael Steele: Obama Goes Nuclear
With no hope of reaching the 60-vote threshold necessary for a Senate victory and the American public growing increasingly against the Obama’s government-run takeover of health care bill, the President has decided that reconciliation is the only way he can get ObamaCare across the finish line and onto his desk.
Forget that 57% of Americans want him to start over on this bill. Forget that he doesn’t even have the 60 necessary “yes” votes from his own Party to pass this bill. The President is willing to do anything possible to force this bill through Congress – because instead of worrying about what the American people want, he’s more concerned with his imposing his own agenda.
What President Obama fails to recognize is that while reconciliation has been used before, in the last 19 reconciliation bills enacted into law, 12 of them were bipartisan and passed with the support of 60 of more Senators – something the President can’t say about his health care bill.
Mr. President, instead of risking a nuclear meltdown down of the health care system by ramming a 2,074 page bill through the Senate, the House, and down the throats of the American public – do everyone a favor and rip up your massive bill and start over.
Sign the Petition: Start Over on Health Care Reform
Source: Republican National Committee