Priebus: 'Impossible' for Orman to caucus with the GOP
Source: The Hill
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said the independent challenger to Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) would not caucus with Senate Republicans if the GOP takes over the upper chamber's majority.
It is an impossibility. It is not possible, Priebus told Kansas Citys 41 Action News.
He called the idea that independent Greg Orman might work with Republican leadership in the Senate ridiculous.
Orman has said he would like to caucus with the party that holds a clear majority, and Priebus's comments that he's a Democrat in disguise may be aimed at undercutting that argument.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/220343-gop-to-kansass-orman-youre-not-welcome
Reince, thanks for all your help.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)I don't care if Orman is Ben Nelson reborn--he's better than Pat fucking Roberts.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)elleng
(130,964 posts)LongTomH
(8,636 posts)Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)So. no, he is not republican material.
notrightatall
(410 posts)How do you know?
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)For example, Mr. Orman is clearly a human being with the following characteristics:
- Facial hair (Mr. Orman clearly shaves his);
- Ridges above his eye sockets;
- "Hard" skin texture, compared to human females;
- A voice of lower soundwaves than human females;
- A flat chest due the the absence of mammery glands.
These are characteristics common to human males distinct from females of the same species. One may therefore infer that Mr. Orman has a penis, unless it has been surgically removed as part of treatment for disease, without having to see it.
notrightatall
(410 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)As to the second question, I have not taken any; nor am I skilled enough to hack into any accounts he might have.
If you really feel the need to confirm the existence of any penis of anyone in the USA; may I suggest you submit a Freedom of Information Request with the NSA. There is a reasonably good chance..................
notrightatall
(410 posts)I shall do just that. Thank You
riversedge
(70,242 posts)themselves. and folks wonder why pres obama can not 'work' with Republicans!!
marble falls
(57,099 posts)coming down the pike.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)So, with the DEMs out of the race, no mater who wins, the GOP doesn't lose.
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)VA_Jill
(9,979 posts)You might be chairman of the GOTP, but you don't get to make the rules in Congress. Go home, I heard your Uncle David calling you.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)from the invaluable website electoral-vote.com, permalink here
WestSideStory
(91 posts)Always have to be independents or centrists?
jmowreader
(50,559 posts)I see three scenarios.
First is the GOP gets over 50 seats without Orman - even 51 would be enough. If that happens, the Republicans will more than welcome him to the "winning team." Naturally they'll try getting him to affiliate with the Party, but even if he doesn't they'll take him.
The second is if the GOP gets exactly 50 seats without Orman. In that case they'll drive him away; the Republicans operate through obstruction while they're in office and pointing out how bad Democrats are while they're running for it. To make this strategy work they MUST be in the minority, and 50/50 with a Democratic vice president is as good as a 100-0 Democratic body.
The third is that the Democrats keep the Senate, which I think will happen. If this comes to pass, Orman caucuses with the Democrats and Reinhold is, once again, moot.