CBS’s Orr Warns Tea Party ‘Hard Line’ to End ‘Collaborative Spirit’ and Cause ‘Partisan Bickering’
On Saturday’s CBS Evening News, correspondent Bob Orr filed a report on the incoming Republican congressional freshmen, and, after noting that Rep.-elect Allen West was taking a "hard line" on federal spending, and after showing a clip of the Florida Republican raising doubts about compromising "your principles," the CBS correspondent used the cliche "partisan bickering" as he warned that such views could end the recent "collaborative spirit" in Congress, and plugged President Obama’s call for "cooperation." Orr:
It's a warning of sorts that the collaborative spirit of the recent lame duck Congress may soon dissolve into renewed partisan bickering. President Obama, vacationing in Hawaii, today made a preemptive bid for continued cooperation.
After soundbites from Republican Rep.-elect Ben Quayle and the Politico’s David Mark, Orr concluded his report predicting that Tea Party Republicans could "cause trouble" within the Republican caucus:
Now, the new Republican freshmen could also cause trouble in their own party caucus. Nearly half were elected with Tea Party support. That means they're not beholden to their party leaders, and they're real anxious to flex their new political muscles.
Below is a complete transcript of the report from the Saturday, January 1, CBS Evening News :
ANTHONY MASON: The biggest freshman class in more than 70 years will be taking the oath of office in the U.S. House of Representatives this coming week. Most of the new members are Republicans committed to making Congress change course. Bob Orr in Washington sets the scene.
BOB ORR: Freshman Florida Republican Allen West arrived in Washington with an agenda and an attitude.
REP.-ELECT ALLEN WEST (R-FL): The whole place is abuzz already about what is about to happen.
ORR: West, like many of the 87 new Republicans who will be sworn in Wednesday, is vowing to shrink government spending, and he's taking a hard line.
WEST: Compromise is not something that I think is a great thing if you surrender your principles.
UNIDENTIFIED MEMBER OF CONGRESS: The motion is adopted.
ORR: It's a warning of sorts that the collaborative spirit of the recent lame duck Congress may soon dissolve into renewed partisan bickering. President Obama, vacationing in Hawaii, today made a preemptive bid for continued cooperation.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I'm willing to work with anyone of either party who's got a good idea and the commitment to see it through. And we should all expect you to hold us accountable for our progress or our failure to deliver.
ORR: But Rep.-elect Ben Quayle of Arizona, the son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, accuses the President and congressional Democrats of wasting taxpayers' money.
REP.-ELECT BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ): They had massive spending and stimulus programs that did absolutely nothing to actually jumpstart our economy.
ORR: Quayle agrees both parties need to work to grow the economy but says spending cuts are required to reduce our trillion-dollar-plus annual deficits.
QUAYLE: There’s going to be no sacred cows. Everything’s going to be looked at and to see where we can make the cuts.
ORR: Republicans also pledged to repeal health care reform, stop tax hikes and strengthen congressional oversight. But, with Democrats still controlling the Senate and the White House, the political reality is the new GOP reformers can't do anything alone.
DAVID MARK, POLITICO.COM: Republicans, even though they don't like to talk about it now, also will have an incentive to compromise, to show they can govern, that they're not just the party of no.
ORR: Now, the new Republican freshmen could also cause trouble in their own party caucus. Nearly half were elected with Tea Party support. That means they're not beholden to their party leaders, and they're real anxious to flex their new political muscles.
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..."collaborative spirit"...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 2:54am.
You mean like what we've had the last two years? Yeah, that would sure be a huge loss...
Ditto
Submitted by almostacowboy on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 9:18am.
My thoughts, exactly.
Yeh no kidding.............!
Submitted by Patriot II on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 12:24pm.
That ignorant loser in the white house wouldn't talk to a conservative republican until he got his ass kicked in the last election...now all of a sudden the loser is a "buddy"....kiss my ass loser!!
The only "collaborative
Submitted by rbosque on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 2:58am.
The only "collaborative spirit" he's refering to is between the Dems and Satan.
What Collaboration?
Submitted by NL207 on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 3:04am.
We have witnessed two years of left-wing partisan government with every major vote taking place solely along party lines. There was no collaboration. There was no need for collaboration.
Agreed
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 11:08am.
It's been interesting to see the Democrats and their MSM pals switch from the partisan hubris of 2008 to the "let's collaborate" begging for mercy since November 2010. Their euphoria over passing the end to DADT and funding medical costs of 9-11 first responders were celebrated as "collaborative" victories and proscribed as the model that the GOP-led House should follow.
When Obama and the Dems swear that they won't compromise their principles, the MSM lionizes them. When Republicans do likewise, the MSM blames them for everything from gridlock to natural disasters.
Pelosi told us back in 2008 that elections have consequences. The Dems are publicly in denial of the consequences of 2010.
I'm hoping for gridlock the
Submitted by Martin2717 on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 3:44am.
I'm hoping for gridlock the next two years. It'll be a stalling period for the federal gov't until we get a conservative in the WH and take back the senate.
Expanding on my signature
Submitted by gopcongress on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 3:50am.
RINO's ~= Moderates
Moderates ~= Democrats
Democrats ~= Liberals
Liberals ~= Progressives
Progressive ~= Socialist
Socialist ~= Communist
Communist ~= Totalitarianism
Notice my use of the tilda ("~") to approximate the equality, and how easy it is to migrate from one to the other. Yes! I am saying that the distance between a conservative/libartarian and a RINO is FARTHER than the distance between a RINO and a Totalitarian.
If you break down actual details of all compromises, you will note that the ensuing results tilt heavily in the favor of Totalitarianism. That is why collaboration is NOT AN OPTION this cycle. We do NOT need to "get things done." Production in Congress is not like making a widget. Production in Congress is measured by how many widgets do NOT get made. Compromise ONLY negates the production and builds in the control factor for the Totalitarian.
"The news and truth are not the same thing." -Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER
yep!
Submitted by Patriot II on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 12:26pm.
You have the list exactly right!
I was disappointed that the lame duck
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 4:02am.
did not result in absolutely nothing being done. As a Tea Partier, I hope for MUCH MORE gridlock between the leftist, government nanny state course that we are now on as a nation and the free conservative approach to government.
I pray (yeah, you leftists I PRAY) that the whole country finally wakes up to the theft of their freedom that has occurred over the last 50 years by putting in place all of this social contract stuff. Once this nation wakes up that there is not enough money on Earth to pay for all that is promised, and that the resulting loss of personal freedom has occurred, this country will go to one party rule. And it WON"T be the Democrat party that will be ruling.
I think the big symptom that you are seeing is that despite the huge amounts of money spent by Reid, he had a relative squeaker against an unknown. I saw this happen in other places, where there was not enough money anywhere to re-elect Feingold as an example. This is symptomatic of the people beginning to awaken. And the left is terrified of this; you are seeing that they cannot tolerate the truth, so they smear FoxNews, Limbaugh, and Beck with no proof; whine for "Net Neutrality" from the nanny state, and look for their government cronies to help them fend off the telling of the truth in a myriad of ways. They have tried to play the game of being "conservative" at home and big libs in DC, and the people have wised up.
Dennis Prager
Do the math...
Submitted by BookinWeasel on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 4:01am.
and just some basic 'rithmatic. January 2007 National Debt was 8.6 Trillion (thanks Congress and Executive branch!) and now it stands at a stellar 13.8 Trillion. We had one party in control of Congress for those four years after spouting off about we will implement "Pay as You Go". I don't think we can afford any more "collaboration".....
That was NOT collaboration
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 4:07am.
that was one-party rule with an occasional buy-off of a Republican Quisling who went with Harry to overturn filibusters. You all know who you are; I trust your voters will reward you with your retirement at the next election.
Dennis Prager
How was that report in any way "factual?"
Submitted by KC Mulville on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 4:38am.
Remember this report when the media tells you that they're reporting on "facts." What facts were reported here? Three seconds on the large incoming class. Every other second in the report was a liberal paint job, trying to spin and frame and position and ... distort.
Or, consider the audience. Is this reporter trying to "inform" all Americans, or is he merely pandering simply to CBS' small liberal audience?
Don't they have editors in these newsrooms who can grasp why their audience numbers are headed for single digits? Apparently not.
Congress is irrelevant with Obama in power
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 6:21am.
It sure looks like Obama doesn't need any collaboration. He has used his Executive powers to do an end run around Congress, the courts and the will of the people. The only transparency in this administration is the transparent lies.
Well Jarred said Obama would
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 8:00am.
Well Jarred said Obama would be ready to Rule day 1. We should have taken her word on it instead of listening to the LSM and sycophants smooth the language over.
I pray that the GOP and the
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 8:01am.
I pray that the GOP and the few Dems that are patriots in congress will create gridlock. Right now the Demns and Obama are preying also, they are preying on us.
Barack Obama Where Are The Jobs You Created?
Submitted by Retired Geek on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 8:08am.
The State that has lost the most Jobs since Barack Obama started creating Jobs with the 'Obama Stimulus' money is California -537,600 jobs.
Where were the most Jobs created? Washington DC +22,400.
47 out of 50 states lost jobs between February 2009 (when the law was signed) and November 2010 (the most recent data).
The U.S. unemployment rate has remained at or above 9.5% for 16 consecutive months - the longest period since the Great Depression.
How many Jobs has Barack Obama destroyed in your State?
Look your State up easily.
http://thpatriots.blogspot.com/2010/12/retired-geek-47-of-50-states-have-lost.html
Why Would...
Submitted by GeneralAl on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 8:25am.
Why would any Republican in his/her right mind want to collaborate with the Communist Dems in any situation? True to their Communist philosophy, they talk you into a deal and then break their end of it. Remember 'Read my lips, no new taxes"? Rottenkowski, who claimed to be a friend of GHWB, convinced Bush to raise taxes in exchange for spending cuts. The taxes got raised, the cuts never came, and the Communists Dems, led by Mister "I feel your pain" [And other things if you're a woman!], used this deal to defeat the old man. To collaborate with the DemiComs is to sell your soul to the devil!
http://www.generalpatriot.com
"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
I Object
Submitted by kilrod on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 8:33am.
I object to this final session of the 111th congress being referred to as a "lame duck" session. The more accurate term would be "Crapping Duck". If it walks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck,.....~@@~!
(grins) kilrod "the Birther"
If an unborn child cannot trust you, why should I,??
As long as they remember why
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 8:57am.
As long as they remember why they're there, only collaborate with the American people, and conform to the Constitution, everything will fall into place.
With hard work & unwavering commitment , before we know it the tarnish of the past few years will be cleaned away and America's great strength & enduring beauty will come shining through once more.
As a country we may be down, but we are not out..............not by a long shot.
Barack_Must_Go.....
Collaborative Spirit??
Submitted by Tuari on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 10:30am.
Oh, you mean like "I w0n" and lets push through 0care by force? and lets not talk to the Republicans at all type spirit? Liberalism truely is a mental disorder.
Really?
Submitted by Model850 on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 3:44pm.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I'm willing to work with anyone of either party who's got a good idea and the commitment to see it through.Since when? Oh, right. Since Nov. 2, 2010, because up to that point it was "F**k the Republicans."
And we should all expect you to hold us accountable for our progress or our failure to deliver.
We did. See Nov. 2, 2010 above, but you and your so-called lame duck Congress completely ignored the will of the people and continued to push your statist BS.
I propose a Constitutional amendment that effectively eliminates lame duck sessions. No later than two days after election results are certified the winners immediately are sworn in and take office. The losers? Buh-bye. Then Congress can reconvene if it so desires with the new make-up already in place.
There is no other job in the world where you can be fired and then go back to work for two months to continue spending your company's money.
"A good idea and the
Submitted by Cowboy on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 6:26pm.
"A good idea and the commitment to see it through." = Agees with me and votes that way
Yep
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 12:14pm.
Obama's quote sounds suspiciously similar to Clinton's 1995 State of the Union quote about "The era of Big Government is over." Like Clinton, Obama will pick and choose what he thinks he can get political credit for, while safeguarding entitlements and liberal pork "in the name of the American people."
And if he does so with enough skill and appears to be a 'centrist,' he'll probably get reelected in 2012 as Clinton did in 1996.
Tea Party is November
Submitted by TerryWest on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 3:59pm.
What I'm hearing is....plese help Obama get reelected, help us clean up this disaster republicans, lets call it " Us " now instead of " we won". We will keep using the back alley's for our same agenda and color it partisan, you republicans keep reaching across that imaginary isle as if we all get along now ok?. Now that the car is in the wrecking yard, stripped of all useable parts and ready for the smasher........If the new kids are smart,
Submitted by NevadanConservative on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 4:43pm.
If the new kids are smart, the VERY FIRST things Boehner ought to be considering are:
1: an OMNIBUS repeal act dating to 1/21/2009
2: a continuance of the Bush tax rates forever.
3. using the 2008 budget as the budget until the deficit is cleared off to zero.
4. Dissolution of any cabinet department (and funding thereto) formed since 1950. (Put by God military in TSA's places and have done. Least if there will be patdowns done it will be done with decorum, order and class)
5. Franking shut down forever.
All within the first week, and kept being re-presented every week. Gridlock? Frellin' fine by me.
Republicans:
Guys and gals, if we sit on 2010's laurels we are gonna end up with a behind full of thorns and justly so.
Steele and the rest of the leadership: Grow a pair. Discharge the RINOs out of the party, and sue the crap out of them if they continue to claim to be after being ejected.
The GOP needs RIGHT NOW to pull thier heads out and figure who they are gonna run at BHO in 2012, and they need that person whomever it may be by March 1st. Said candidate should be able to go thru the primaries like crap thru a goose, be hard skinned enough to not give a flying damn about the media, and ground-set in good solid conservative principles, and stay that way.
People, we did prety good at the semifinals match that was 2010. 2012 is the finals. We win 2012, or it's gonna be a long dark thousand years.
NVCon
"5. Franking shut down
Submitted by Cowboy on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 6:04pm.
"5. Franking shut down forever."
New verb for Barney?
Democrats have zero room to lecture anyone.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 4:52pm.
They had comfortable majorities in both houses and yet could not get most of their agenda passed as we all saw.
The GOP owes them NOTHING.
'Compromising' is not
Submitted by Cowboy on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 6:01pm.
'Compromising' is not 'governing'.
It is yielding on principles.
President Obama and his
Submitted by Cowboy on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 6:32pm.
President Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress repeatedly used the slogan “elections have consequences” after 2008, to justify imposing unpopular laws and their liberal agenda on a resistant American public. Well, elections still have consequences when Democrats resoundingly lose...I can still see the smirk
Submitted by pbthinker on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 11:17pm.
Remember Obama telling John McCain the election's over, we won??? I still remember the speech Obama gave in Virginia, right after they passed the "stimulus" bill, making fun of the Republicans because they wanted tax cuts and incentives instead of all the spending. That was when Obama said, "What do they think stimulus is?" along with the smirk.
I hope to see that as a campaign ad with the comment, over 2 years and it took the Republicans to show him what stimulus really was!!!
But it's got to work
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 12:41pm.
If unemployment begins to shrink significantly in 2011, the Republicans can credit the extension of all tax credits.
But if it ain't much better than now by 2012, the Dems will point to it and say, "See, we told you that tax breaks for the very rich won't stimulate the economy," and regain some lost ground in the House and possibly the Senate, and Obama probably gets re-elected (barring any catastrophes between now and then).
What tax breaks?
Submitted by NL207 on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 12:25am.
The Income Tax rates for 2011 will be the same as for 2003 -2010. So where is the tax cut for the rich?
So after two years of arrogant no discourse ramming
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 1:11am.
assorted crap down our throats. Now that the GOP has taken the House, WE need to compromise and work in a bipartisan fashion. First of all isn't that the ultimate balls and hypocrisy? And second we have two years of crap to fix now and no time for half way BS.
Partly...
Submitted by NevadanConservative on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 4:41am.
Hypocricy, absolutely. Balls... bluffing on a busted flush, more like... in a rigged game with other folks' money, thinking they won't gert hurt, what with BHO to extract thier milletseeds from the fire.
There is Fat Bill era crap that needs weeding out and destroying. Heck, I'd say that there is stuff hungover from the bleepin' New Deal Era that needs removing.
Earlier on in the thread I stated one thing (which will never pass) that would take care of the past two years in one shot:: an omnibus repeal. Status quo ante BHO.
IN any cases, the GOP is NOT the one needing to compromise. I STILL want McConnell or Steele to have a brief, biting public chat with the Maine Twins, Gramnesty and McCain..." New rules. You will speechify and vote as though your membership in the GOP is on the line..."cause it is. Fail to tow the line and you are gone... AND we will bill you for each and every cent of funds we sent you to help you get elected, every man-hour of personnel. Not to mention how far back in the fricking stone age we will sue you for fraud and misrepresentation if you even dream of thinking that you are GOP once we toss you."
THAT's how tough we have to be.
One thing the House can put together, and should, is a budget WAY AHEAD of deadline for a change, without a bunch of continuing measures crap. Again, as earlier mentioned, use the 2008 targets as the template and let the statists howl as much as they like.
And I've run long
NVCon