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December 27, 2012
Republicans Now 100 Percent AWOL From Fiscal Cliff Talks
By Sheila Samples
John Boehner gave up on fiscal cliff negotiations after he was unable to get House Republicans to agree to any proposal at all, even one that he himself had crafted. The fate of the Republic, he said, was now in the Senate's hands. So how is Mitch McConnell handling things? No Republican dares to be associated with a tax increase, including McConnell. Grover Norquist and his blood pledge still control them all.
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John Boehner gave up on fiscal cliff negotiations after he was unable to get House Republicans to agree to any proposal at all, even one that he himself had crafted. The fate of the Republic, he said, was now in the Senate's hands. So how is Mitch McConnell handling things? No Republican dares to be associated with a tax increase, including McConnell. Grover Norquist and his blood pledge still control them all.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.