Michele Bachmann may or may not have been excited by the government shutdown, but Anoka County commissioner Rhonda Sivarajah doesn't think it should have been what Republicans want.
Sivarajah made the observation at a forum at the College of St. Benedict sponsored by local College Republicans, the St. Cloud Times' Mark Sommerhauser reports in 3 hopefuls have their say at CSB-hosted 6th District debate:
U.S. House Republicans were justified in using the recent federal government shutdown to try to spur changes to President Barack Obama’s health care law, two GOP candidates to succeed Rep. Michele Bachmann said Monday. . . .
Sivarajah dissented from Krinkie and Pederson on the shutdown, faulting House Republicans for what she called their “failed strategy” on the issue. She said Republicans should have allowed the media focus at that time to be on the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov and other elements of the health care law.
Lest readers imagine that marks her as a moderate, Sommerhauser also reports that she sees privatizing Medicare as a way to "shore up federal finances."
It's likely that these folks and their allies will have something to say about that.
Photo: Rhonda Sivarajah doesn't want to shutdown the government, just make Medicare more expensive for seniors. AP photo via Politico.
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