reid and made it to the president s desk, he will veto it. that point means 22 senate democrats to overcome the vetoed. it s never going to happen. yes, there is no more noble goal than funding obamacare but if you have to do it smarted and in a way you can win. that is why some republicans is advocating, to use better leverage or something to extract some concessions or continue to let this bill crack up and then see what you get. paul: i ve talked to some of the senators and activists who are behind this. they say, republicans have to be shown to be fighting for something because if they don t, if they don t really at least make the effort here, then it s going to demoralize the base and going to hurt the republican party in 2014. i am very sympathetic wick that point of view. i understand their desire to fight back. there should be more of that.
vote over the opposition of majority leader reid, even if it made it to the president s desk, he will veto it. at which point, you need 22 senate democrats to overcome that veto. it s never going to happen. there s no more noble goal than defunding obama care but you have to do it in a way you cab win. which is why some republicans advocating pushing this off. for instance, in the debt ceiling debate, something future, to extract some concessions. or simply continue to let this bill crack up and then see what you can get. i ve talked to some of the senators and other activists who are behind this. they basically say, look, republicans have to be shown to be fighting for something. because if they don t, if they don t really at least make the effort here, then it s going to demoralize the base. it s actually going to hurt the republican party going in 2014. i m sympathetic. i understand their desire to fight back.