Oh my, the blame game has already started in the Democrat Party, with liberal dems blaming moderate ‘blue dog’ dems for preventing passage of Obamacare before the summer recess… Seems the reason for the Blue Dogs being in Congres is non other than the current White House Enforcer, Chief Of Staff, Rahm Emanuel…
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) blamed now-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s work as head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), during which he worked to recruit many centrist candidates, resulting in landslide Democratic victories, for difficulties facing House leaders trying to pass reform legislation.
The White House may only have one of its top officials to blame for its difficulty in passing healthcare, one liberal California Democrat asserted Tuesday.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) blamed now-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s work as head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), during which he worked to recruit many centrist candidates, resulting in landslide Democratic victories, for difficulties facing House leaders trying to pass reform legislation.
“That may be difficult for Rahm Emanuel, because remember, he recruited most of them,” Waters said during an interview on MSNBC when asked if the White House could lean on centrist, Blue Dog Democrats to pass reform legislation.
“Now the chickens have come home to roost,” she added.
Waters said that the Congressional Progressive Caucus wouldn’t organize candidates to run against the recalcitrant Democrats on healthcare, she could understand why those lawmakers might face primary challenges.
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