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There will be no formal Republican response to President’s jobs speech on Thursday

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If Republicans had any desire at all to create jobs, they’d want to present their ideas to the American people. The fact that there won’t be a response to the President’s jobs speech tells you everything you need to know about the GOP-Teaparty’s plans going into 2012 — hoping and working for disaster to make Obama a one-term president.

“Republicans are, and have been, entirely focused on job creation,” Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said. “Every Member of Congress, and – more importantly – the American people, will provide a reaction to the president’s address. We trust in the good judgment of the American people, and the president’s proposals will rise or fall on their own merits.” — No formal Republican response planned after Obama’s jobs address | The Hill

ICYMI Thursday in the Bunker

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John Boehner yesterday: “Listen, there’s no daylight between the tea party and me. None.” Watch:


And when Boehner says he doesn’t think members of Congress should take their pay, he’s being a complete phony. The Republicans in the House could have ensured that all members of the House, the Senate and the President earned no pay during a shutdown — there was a bill already passed in the Senate and backed by House Dems with just that ONE issue, no riders, nothing else. But in fact THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS CHOSE TO TAKE THEIR PAY.  So spare us the phony “humble public servant” sound bites.

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ICYMI Thursday in the Bunker

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