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November 16, 2010 07:19 PM UTC
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Congratulations, suckas! You knocked off some tough Dems the GOP was worried about, and you got some people to the polls.
Now STFU and go to the back of the Congress. We’ll give you a few ceremonial positions on certain committees, but for the most part, just do as you’re told…
full of stories of internecine strife among the GOP and polls showing that this was very much an anti, not a pro anything, election. Approval low for any party, D, R or T. Also full of continuing division among Dems who seem to have given up on even attempting to take back the narrative and are simply arguing about how to, as usual, react and defend.
Extreme volatility among an increasingly independent middle, instead of entrenched two party identification and loyalty, has become the new norm. It seems that, if Dems could remember what it’s like to have a backbone, they could turn things around pretty quickly. Increasingly it appears they just don’t have it in them from Obama on down. What could be an opportunity to fill the void for voters who really don’t much care for anything currently on offer and turn the tables on a (for now) resurgent GOP is going to be piddled away.
Looks like “civility” will continue to be confused with “servility” by Obama and the Dems. that’s a mistake Rs never make. Their policies may be awful but they have all the guts, confidence and swagger Dems can’t muster. What good, under the circumstances, will Tea Party failures or strife between the Ts and the entrenched Rs do us? I find myself rooting for Murkowski just because it would mean defeat for Palin team guy, Miller but it’s not as if Murkowsky isn’t just another hard rightie. Is this what we’ve come to? Rooting for the Murkowski wing of the GOP? Gee thanks, Dem pols.
And he might be a bit more independent now that the NRSC has spent so much time and money running against her.
I don’t think civility is going to rule for the next two years in Congress; Republicans have shown little sign that they’re interested in compromise, unless it’s defined as “our way or the highway”, and with a good chunk of the Democratic Blue Dogs and New Dems swept out of office, the Democratic minority in the House is poised to be more Progressive than any Dem caucus in recent history.
and so what if Murkowski is marginally (very) less bad than Miller?
Repealing health care reform is #1. That’s not exactly a goal with compromise in mind.
They’ll talk about it, but they’ll never actually send a bill to the Senate. If they did, it would actually be a gift to the Dems.
It took 18 months of discussions to pass a limited health care bill with one Party controlling both chambers and the White House. There’s no way they’re going to be able to repeal something with control of only one chamber. Whether they should or should not try to repeal health care reform is a separate discussion — from a purely practical standpoint, we don’t see how they can.
they can’t repeal or replace health care.
Boehner will not touch major defense or entitlement programs, but he wants to extend tax cuts for the wealthy and pare down the debt at the same time. Let’s set aside that it makes no logical sense, but whatever.
What the fuck are they going to accomplish the next two years ?
more window dressing about earmarks ?
Well, that and trying to blame their own cowardice on the President.
an interesting show with a full cast of wacky characters, if nothing else. And as far as accomplishments, it’s probably pretty safe to predict a lot of nothing else.
It’s more about whether the talk of repealing HCR is completely vacuous. The house could, for the sake of symbolism, pass a repeal measure. BUT, that will put Republicans squarely in favor of the old way, complete with rescission, denials for pre-existing conditions, and annual double-digit premium increases. Even the most ardent T-partier will have a come-to-Jesus moment long before that.
No HCR measure will ever come to the floor for a vote in either chamber.
The Republicans will quickly shift the discussion away from HCR specifically, and more toward a broad stroke of subpoenas and altogether making Obama’s life miserable–just like they did with Clinton.
He couldn’t have made it any clearer.
TEA PARTY REVOLUTION = STANDARD REPUBLICAN, everybody knew that. I know why some shills pretended otherwise, but I don’t know why anyone in the media pretended it for even a second.