Comments about ‘Top Republican wants vote on birth control mandate’

I fear this war on women's health services will turn around and bite the Republicans on their backsides. I will certainly be making that point in my precinct caucus next month, and suggest that other women raise it too. This political game-playing is going to be bad for the party in November. It's time to stop NOW.

When any group puts its interests ahead of the Constitution and uses the threat of political punishment to try to force its agenda, that group should be "booed" out of existence.

The Constitution is the voice of the people to ALL groups, ALL governments, ALL political parties telling ALL of them that the PEOPLE, not special interest groups, not governments, not political parties, control all power in the United States.

It's about time that the PEOPLE started to voice their outrage at those groups, those governments and those parties that have put themselves above the Constitution.

The Constitution has clearly told government to stay out of religion. Special interest groups, governments and parties have decided that they, not the Constitution, will determine what is good for America. Those groups, those governments, and those parties will soon find out that Americans value the Constitution more than they value those who stomp on that document.

President Obama has just learned that millions of Americans think that he acted foolishly - again - in his failure to stand up for his obligation to protect the Constitution.

'WASHINGTON Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says President Barack Obama's compromise on birth control coverage isn't good enough...' - article

This is the case with ANY compromise by Obama!

**'Republicans bail on budget talks, blame Democrats' - By David Espo - AP - Published by DSNews - 06/23/11

**Senate Republicans likely to kill Obama jobs bill By Andrew Taylor AP Published by DSNews 10/11/11

I know Rifleman will claim Obama is 'hanging up his white flag' because he compromised on this, but I would point to:

**House GOP REJECTS 2-month payroll tax cut By Andrew Taylor AP Published by DSNews 12/20/11

1) Many times the GOP had to vote again on issues, like, the 2 month tax cut and:

2) The fact that we have over 139 filibusters in the Senate shows...

The Republican party does NOT work for our country, anymore.

And are only interested in their party.

Not, this country.

Pagan, you're off topic. We get it that you hate everything Republican. This hub-hub, while picked up by the Washington Repubs is originating from the Obama administration's new policy and the Catholic church's response to it. The Repubs didn't raise the religious liberty flag on this one, the Catholics did...the Repubs are just waving it.

Furry1993: with all due respect, please make sure you acknowledge in your caucus that it's a religious doctrinal issue for the Catholic church, not a political grandstanding issue. If you want to castigate Repubs for jumping on the bandwagon for what you might categorize as a self-serving purpose on their part, that's fine, but give source credit where source credit is due.