DCCC chair Steve Israel: Vote today on Paul Ryan proposal will cost GOP the House

[Lasher]

The House vote today that’s expected to pass Paul Ryan’s proposal to end Medicare as we know it will be looked back on as the day the GOP lost the House, DCCC chair Steve Israel vowed to me in an interview moments ago.

“When we win back the majority, people will look back at this vote as a defining one that secured the majority for Democrats,” Israel said.

Israel said that Dems plan to use the Medicare vote today to go on the offensive against Republicans from now all the way until Election Day 2012. Crucially, Israel said it would be used in every district, even ones that are marginal or conservative — suggesting that on Medicare at least, Dems are hoping to maintain a united national front, rather than letting the messsage be watered down in conservative districts that may be more receptive to GOP messages about fiscal conservatism.

“All the polling tells us the same thing,” Israel said. “Voting to terminate Medicare is a bad idea politically in every district.. Republicans oppose it. Democrats oppose it. And Independents oppose it.”

Israel said the party was going to use the Medicare vote to hone a national message based on “choices” that ties the GOP drive to end Medicare as we know it to the desire for tax cuts for the rich.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/dccc-chair-steve-israel-vote-today-on-paul-ryan-proposal-will-cost-gop-the-house/2011/03/03/AF0iXYjD_blog.html

[Tx4obama]

1. I still have not figured out 'why' the House GOP went after medicare....

it makes no sense to me, especially after all the teabaggers were hollering last year to 'keep your hands off my medicare'.

Don't republicans realize that 'seniors' have children and they want their children to received medicare when they retire too?

It makes absolutely no sense to me.

[Kurmudgeon]

2. Because that's what their rich masters and their prejudice wanted, not the voters.

I'm hoping this is a wake up call, however, I've hoped that before to no avail.
The GOP is only for the ultra rich and the war mongers and oil corps, no one else.