Michael Steele on ObamaCare: "Up or Down, Baby! Put it on the Table."

AP: Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Thursday dared Democrats to try a one-party push to overhaul the nation's health care system.

Steele told reporters that he thinks if Democratic senators think they have the votes, they should try a tactic that would allow them to get around a bill-killing filibuster without the 60 votes usually needed. Steele said he didn't think Democrats would do it because of potential voter backlash.

"Get it to the floor. Up or down, baby," Steele said at a news conference at the state GOP headquarters. "You want it done, pass the bill. But they know it's poisonious and they know the American people will not tolerate it."

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[albundyphd]

He needs to speak up more

[miraclay]

Exactly right. Let the dems be totally responsible for this horrible bill.

[resteep]

funny how steele pretends that an entirely partisan-supported bill would be a good thing.

The "majority of the American people" want single payer.

[numnunums]

the republicans literally have to go back over 100 years to find a time when they supported human rights

think about that.

[conservativesunited]

Steele is just playing politics since he doesn't support Obama care but approves of socialized medicine for the elderly called MEDICARE and is trying to scare them. Both sides are always trying to scare the elderly. His arguments sound a little hypocritical to me. NO TO OBAMACARE, ABOLISH MEDICARE, ABOLISH SOCIAL SECURITY. Time to get back to small and limited government.

[nmr20067]

Michael Steele is the biggest coward I have ever seen in politics. Why could he not stand up to Rush Limbaugh like this back in February?

Oh I forgot Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican Party.

Hannity and Limbaugh 2012. LOL

[pigwigpa]

Those damn Libs forcing a minimum wage, 40 hour work week, time and a half for over 40hr, stopping child labor, and workers comp and on and on

[vllmer]

B-b-b-but I thought the gop was irrelevant, I'm told that all the time by comments here, but now the o-one needs them to seize more tax-er, heal the planet?

[Monty1994]

very tasteful.

[pigwigpa]

I would call Mr Steele Uncle Tom, but I'm not convinced his African-American. Even watch that 1986 movie "Soul Man" staring C. Thomas Howell

[BolterBolter]

A lot of Americans are idiots.

They elected a racist ACORN thug who hired racist ACORN thugs and communists. Plain and simple.

Fucking idiots...

[xpandergt]

Steele is RIGHT!!!Democrats CONTROL CONGRESS. They don't neeed ONE REPUBLIC VOTE IN ORDER TO PASS ANYTHING. They've seen the poll numbers and they want to sucker Republicans into giving Democrats and Obama "BIPARTISAN COVER". Obama,Reid and Pelosi Obama just a few weeks ago told Republicans to "GET OUT OF THE WAY". No he needs them. It doesn't work like the Obama. Michael is dead on, but he should bring up the issue of Tort reform. Americans want it and Obama doesn't,