Kurt Ullman wrote:

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What does it tell us that the Democrats are deciding what are the
GOP's principles?

I'll let Mitch McConnell speak for the GOP principles. After all he
is their leader in the senate-
Last weekend when asked what the Repubs goals were, he answered;
"The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President
Obama to be a one-term president,"

I give him credit for honesty.

Jim