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On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
In briefly reclaiming my time, to the gentleman from Georgia, I'd make the point that, as to what's going on tomorrow that you referred to as a dog-and-pony show, I don't take issue with that statement. I just think that the American people need to know that this isn't a negotiation taking place tomorrow. This is about putting up the front and the show that there will be C-SPAN discussions taking place and that there will be Republicans in the room. By the way, there hasn't been any dialogue on our part about the dynamics of what happens with the faces of the Democrats who will be in the room or whose job it will be to enhance the image of the President of the United States. This is the President's image. He has lost his mojo, and he cannot get it back by simply continuing to work in the backroom with Democrats. That's how he lost it in the first place. So the President can't get his juice back. He can't get his mojo back unless he gets Republicans in the room--and he has got to have some of them either looking silly or nodding their heads, one of the two--and I'm going to suggest going cheek-to-cheek with the President of the United States after we've come all of this way. The American people have won the debate, and we are with them. We've now recovered the fumble in Massachusetts. We've got the ball. We're playing offense. They're playing defense.…
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