[Hoot Gibson]

Really? Thanks for telling me that and BTW, you seen any Republican bill to repeal yet? Cause I certainly haven't. Maybe Cruz and Lee are doing the right thing to hold up the standard, but gridlocking the entire congress from within one's own party is a bit touch and go if you ask me.

I've said consistently that RINO's are hurting the Republican Party and I know you could not have forgotten so soon my disdain for an ever more oppressive establishment. I don't know if it's ring rust or just plain stupidity, but like it or not, politics right now is a team sport and Republican's biggest opponents are themselves.

Heck, we still got half of these goofs saying all new legislation has to be revenue neutral. Ask Mark Levin if he thinks legislation should be revenue neutral. My assertion is they need some legislative movement to inspire the newbies along the right path and reintroduce the moldering establishment types to the successes of a less burdensome tax structure. And I still say there is no magic wand they can just wave over both houses to undo the financial damage done by ObamaCare. Does anybody really know how to do it? The best answer I've heard is to inspire as much growth as possible and hope for the best. And one more thing, I'm one of those being bludgeoned by the exploding costs of health insurance and the even more terrifying costs of care. Nobody will be able to afford to retire before long, and the aged really are going to start dying as the result of this madness. Because very soon a man's choices are going to be see the doctor and hit the street, or don't see the doctor so you can afford stay in your house longer and die an early death.

If the result of conservative Senators keeping their campaign promises and refusing to support Obamacare Lite is "gridlock," then so be it. It is ridiculous to blame conservatives, who are sticking to their principles, for the failure of McConnell, Ryan, and the other RINOs in Congress to keep the promises that they made during the campaigns in which they posed as conservatives.

Trump needs to turn up the heat on the Republican leadership to send him a bill that he can sign with pride. There is no excuse for Republicans not to have had bills ready for Trump to sign on the day that he took office. It appears that the Republican leadership expected to be working with President Hillary Clinton on January 20. Like Jetpilot, it seems to me that McConnell and Ryan would prefer to be Minority leaders opposing a Democrat in the White House.