Ahead of tomorrow's elections, Republicans have been making clear they have no interest in working across the aisle with Democrats to govern the country, with Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-IN) vowing "no compromise" and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell saying his first priority with a larger GOP caucus would be to beat President Obama in 2012.
Appearing on CNN's State of the Union yesterday, RNC Chairman Michael Steele echoed this obstructionist pledge. Particularly troubling, Steele told host Candy Crowly the GOP is "not going to compromise on raising the debt ceiling" — something that will almost certainly lead to a government shutdown and economic catastrophe:
CROWLEY: Let me start first with the majority leader of the Senate saying the single most important thing that Republicans want to achieve in the next two years is to make the president a one-term president. You've had the Republican leader on the House side saying this is — no, we're not going to compromise, and you yourself had said that Republicans are not looking to compromise. Is that what you're taking away from the polls right now, that the American public doesn't want the Republicans to compromise on anything?
STEELE: Well, I think that, to be very clear here, when we talk about not compromising, not compromising away on the principles that our party have run on and have stood for, for a long time. For example, we're not going to compromise on creating more debt. We're not going to compromise on raising the debt ceiling. We're not going to compromise on increasing the burdens on the backs of small-business owners and families.
rest at http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/01/steele-debt-ceiling/
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