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August 10, 2012
Biden: McConnell decided to withhold all cooperation even before we took office
By Sheila Samples
Biden says that during the transition, he was warned not to expect any cooperation on many votes. "I spoke to seven different Republican Senators, who said, 'Joe, I'm not going to be able to help you on anything,' he recalls. His informants said McConnell had demanded unified resistance. "The way it was characterized to me was: 'For the next two years, we can't let you succeed in anything. That's our ticket to coming back,'" Biden says.
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Biden says that during the transition, he was warned not to expect any cooperation on many votes. "I spoke to seven different Republican Senators, who said, 'Joe, I'm not going to be able to help you on anything,' he recalls. His informants said McConnell had demanded unified resistance. "The way it was characterized to me was: 'For the next two years, we can't let you succeed in anything. That's our ticket to coming back,'" Biden says.Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.