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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 01:07 PM Nov 2012

Susan Rice to meet with GOP accusers

Steve Benen: …. Susan Rice will head to Capitol Hill today where she’s scheduled to meet with the same Republican senators who’ve spent a few weeks trying to destroy her reputation …. it now appears Rice’s nomination to replace Hillary Clinton at the State Department is practically a foregone conclusion….

…. the White House is giving McCain, Graham, and Ayotte some special attention and a way out of their own mess. They can, in other words, come out of today’s meeting saying, “We had serious questions, and we’re glad Rice took the time to answer them.” If they then drop the filibuster threat, they’d look less ridiculous.

At least, that’s the idea. In practice, the GOP campaign against Rice has always been detached from reality, and facts from Rice and Morell may not matter, but from the administration’s perspective, it can’t hurt to try.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/11/27/15481018-susan-rice-to-meet-with-gop-accusers

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bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
3. The other Senators that Rice will visit are more important than the Three Fools.
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 01:20 PM
Nov 2012

What the Obama people seem to be setting up is that even if McCain, Graham and Ayotte persist in their stupid charade, they will get body slammed by most of the rest of the Senate and crushed during the confirmation vote. Of course the Three Imbeciles will get some republican vote support, that is how the idiot party operates.

Pennie109

(128 posts)
4. But the three muskateers wouldn't say
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 01:20 PM
Nov 2012

what they disagreed on. Just vague accusations, enough to keep this whole thing going. All three should be ashamed of themselves.

Southerner

(113 posts)
5. So are we in total agreement Susan Rice did NOT misrepresent the situation in Benghazi to the World?
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 01:51 PM
Nov 2012

We need to be careful about who represents our country internationally. Hillary Clinton's shoes will be tough to fill.

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