Today, the New York Daily News published the following op-ed by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on the importance of Republicans to
govern in partnership with Democrats in Washington as the agenda shifts
from healthcare to tax reform and the federal budget.
Learn the lesson of last week for the good of the nation.
There is much for Washington Republicans to learn from their health care
debacle. There is a drastic difference between being an opposition
party and success as a governing party. History is replete with examples
of political parties failing to understand how to make this transition.
For eight years, the Republicans’ bread and butter was either the
political bashing of President (Barack) Obama or obstructionism. “Just
saying no” is a lot easier than “getting to yes.”
My father coined the phrase “We campaign in poetry, but we govern in
prose.” The 2017 Republican version is “We campaigned in rhetoric, but
we need wisdom to govern.”
Zealots can’t govern. You will need Democrats and moderates to succeed
and you will need policies that actually work for the country. Policies
that produce extreme winners and losers will, and should, fail.
And you need to change course now. The Republican agenda already
foreshadows failure as the current frame of tax reform and federal
budget debate promise the same mistakes.
It’s clear to me that the ultraconservatives are targeting “big states”
that have inclusive social policies and progressive ideals.
Ultraconservatives hope to advance a proposal to end the deduction of
state and local taxes. That would be a direct attack on New York,
California, Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
Massachusetts, among others.
Click here for the full commentary.
Source: Press Office, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
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