Finding Unity in the Republican Party

With Obama's new budget on the horizon, House Republicans need to find common ground. Two Politico articles speak to Paul Ryan's need to create conservative unity, not only generally, but also in terms of the budget. As we have discussed in class, the Freedom Caucus continues to divide the GOP legislatively. Below are some excerpts on how the Republican Party needs to be realistic about what it can accomplish:

"We can’t promise that we can repeal Obamacare when a guy with the last name Obama is president," Ryan (R-Wis.) plans to tell the Heritage Action Conservative Policy Summit, according to excerpts from his remarks." All that does is set us up for failure . . . and disappointment . . . and recriminations."

“I don’t want to set us up for failure," Ryan plans to say Wednesday morning. "I want to set us up for success. That’s something we all can work on — together. And the way to do that is to unify around a vision. We need to define the horizon we’re aiming for. And then we need to bring the rest of the country with us."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/paul-ryan-conservative-unity-heritage-action-218665#ixzz3zhN8XU00

A separate article on the budget dives further into the division in the party: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/paul-ryan-freedom-caucus-218646.