Mr. McCain once railed against his Senate colleagues as obstructionists for rejecting Mr. Tower, President George H.
Joe Lieberman and Jon Kyl, the obstructionists were forced to allow a vote that overwhelmingly repudiated the nay-sayers.
The obstructionists were some Republican factions in the House, he said, many of whom were not willing to negotiate.
Meanwhile, Mr. Obama can retreat to his favorite pose of portraying Republicans as obstructionists, which pressures GOP moderates like Maine Senator Susan Collins.
If all of them choose to support a filibuster, then you take it to the American people and show the obstructionists for what they are.
There's some things that have happened that I would appreciate your perspective on, because I can look you in the eye and tell you we have not been obstructionists.
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The measure -- called a "continuing resolution" -- passed Thursday by a vote of 96-0 after a day of Democrats blaming Republicans for mismanagement of the process and Republicans saying the Democrats have been obstructionists.
Our rules allow for e-hail now, and the only question is, do we embrace these new services and ensure that consumer protections are in place, or listen to obstructionists and watch e-hail apps proliferate without any regulatory input.
"Reducing the numbers now would send a message to the obstructionists in Bosnia that they have succeeded in weeding us out and can resume the policies of division which have been so detrimental for this country and its citizens, " he said.
If he is identifying them as a major part of the party's image problem, he is right, but he's not pointing a way out of their complex dilemma - the choice between being quislings to faithful Republicans or obstructionists in the mind of most Americans.
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