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The GOP is still shell-shocked. After the collapse of the Bush presidency and the Democratic victories of 2006 and 2008especially the improbable, to their minds likely inconceivable, ascendancy of Barack Obamathe Republicans have dug themselves in behind the barricades of a nihilistic right-wing populism. They apparently think it's a position to fight back fromnot just in the rhetorically heated summer of 2009 but in the cooler Novembers of 2010 and 2012.
As events unfold, Republicans are likely to discover that they've dug themselves deeper into a hole, leaving them bereft of positive ideas to offer voters an alternative, appealing conservative vision of the future. Quick: Think of a big ideaany bold initiativethat the present GOP stands for. It is a party without a platform.
I guess you could dignify the coming GOP sleight-of-reality as a strategy; but their desperation is almost certain to be confounded by economic recovery. The revival of growth and jobs will reinforce the president's authority while draining the GOP's. What will Americans believe: the truth in their own lives or the discredited distortions of the stimulus-denying, do-nothing Republicans? I can hear the Democratic message now: The party of "no" was wrong on the economy and they're wrong on health care.
Across the board, the default to negativism now seems embedded in Republican DNA. This week, on the basis of new national intelligence estimates, President Obama modified the Bush plan for missile defense in Europe to make it more effective against short- and medium-range missiles fired from Iran. Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham slammed the decision as "a capitulation to the Russians." Unfortunately for him, the recommendation came from Obama'sand Bush'sDefense Secretary, Robert Gates, himself a former director of the CIA. The decision was backed up, he added, by "the advice of [the] national security team and the unanimous support of our senior military leaders."
None of this mattered to Republicans; they couldn't help themselves. Their knee-jerk reaction was to rush out a latter-day variant of the old charge that Democrats are soft on Communism. (Never mind that nothing could have been more soft-headed than George W. Bush's conclusion that Vladimir Putin was "trustworthy" after the president "was able to get a sense of his soul" by looking Putin in the eye.) The attack on Obama's decision stirred the adolescent wonder of the GOP's Star Warsloving base; but it's unlikely to carry much credibility with mainstream America in a world in which Soviet Communism is defunct.
At home, where the threat of under-regulated financial markets is still very real, Republican negativism echoes the populist cry against bailouts while scorning the financial reforms the president has proposed to prevent another crisis. In harmony with the tune of vested interests, GOP legislators disdain the Obama call for a consumer financial protection agency to oversee credit cards and mortgages. Inaction is their only remedy for the mortgage malpractice that fueled the housing bust and took the rest of the economy with it.
The Republicans are against, against, against; against legislation to combat climate change, against hate-crimes legislation, against equal rights for gays, against a woman's right to choose, against immigration reform, against reforming college loans to benefit students, not banks. What in the world are they for except Star Wars, torture, and tax cuts for the wealthy?
Does the "Party of No" have any plan for our future?
I love how the Left shuts out the GOP and then claims they have no solutions. Total fabrication.
Fortunately the GOP will be kicking some major butt come 2010.
What is the GOP plan for the future?
Other than trying to stonewall the Democrats every move, what have they presented as our path forward on the economy, healthcare, foreign policy...??
Oh I know.......More tax cuts for the wealthy!
I love how the Left shuts out the GOP and then claims they have no solutions. Total fabrication.
Fortunately the GOP will be kicking some major butt come 2010.
So....are you syaing the GOP plan is to keep all of their "new" ideas a secret until just prior to the 2010 elections?
I love how the Left shuts out the GOP and then claims they have no solutions. Total fabrication.
Fortunately the GOP will be kicking some major butt come 2010.
So....are you syaing the GOP plan is to keep all of their "new" ideas a secret until just prior to the 2010 elections?
No, I'm saying you're a complete moron whose head is stuffed with broccoli.
What is the GOP plan for the future?
Other than trying to stonewall the Democrats every move, what have they presented as our path forward on the economy, healthcare, foreign policy...??
Oh I know.......More tax cuts for the wealthy!
They have lots of ideas, go to American Solutions, you will find them there, you might also check the Heritage foundation, keep in mind the democrats are in control of everything and that means the podium too. There plan will not be brought to the front to see anywhere, the liberal news networks won't cover their plans, so it might be wise to tune into fox news.
Of course that's not really what you want to do , is it?
Does the "Party of No" have any plan for our future?
What is the GOP plan for the future?
Other than trying to stonewall the Democrats every move, what have they presented as our path forward on the economy, healthcare, foreign policy...??
Oh I know.......More tax cuts for the wealthy!
They have lots of ideas, go to American Solutions, you will find them there, you might also check the Heritage foundation, keep in mind the democrats are in control of everything and that means the podium too. There plan will not be brought to the front to see anywhere, the liberal news networks won't cover their plans, so it might be wise to tune into fox news.
Of course that's not really what you want to do , is it?
These are GOP senators and members of Congress. Their job is to support their constituents by enacting legislation. Why haven't we seen any of the legislation touting the "multiple ideas"?
They have lots of ideas, go to American Solutions, you will find them there, you might also check the Heritage foundation, keep in mind the democrats are in control of everything and that means the podium too. There plan will not be brought to the front to see anywhere, the liberal news networks won't cover their plans, so it might be wise to tune into fox news.
Of course that's not really what you want to do , is it?
These are GOP senators and members of Congress. Their job is to support their constituents by enacting legislation. Why haven't we seen any of the legislation touting the "multiple ideas"?
Maybe because you're blind as well as illiterate? Checked out HR3400?
General Overview
The bill would provide a tax deduction and an income-related refundable tax credit for health insurance purchased by individuals (i.e., outside the group insurance market). The tax credit would be available only to individuals living in states operating a high-risk health insurance pool; and federal grant funding would be provided to states for such pools. Incentives would be given for employers to offer employees the option of a contribution toward other health insurance coverage in lieu of the employer plan. State insurance laws would be overridden to permit the sale of individual health insurance across state lines. Federal rules would be established and application of state laws preempted for insurance provided through association health plans and individual membership associations. Expansion of the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) would be prohibited for those with incomes above 300% of the federal poverty level (FPL) and restricted for those between 200% and 300% of FPL. States would be required to offer group coverage and other private coverage options under Medicaid and CHIP. Federal limits on medical liability claims would be established. Medicare physician payment would be modified. The bill would be financed through reduced discretionary spending, repeal of stimulus bill provisions and other provisions.
Just think if everyone were a republican we'd still be in caves howling at the moon, oh sorry, didn't mean to be political incorrect here. It's OK that you republicans live in caves and howl at the moon, really it is.
The biggest problem for the republicans is that they banked their reputation on an Obama failure. They ranted gloom and doom, runaway inflation, economic disaster because of what Obama tried to do to fix the worst recession in 70 years.
A year from now the public is going to look at an improving economy and question what the hell the republicans were ranting about.
The biggest problem for the republicans is that they banked their reputation on an Obama failure. They ranted gloom and doom, runaway inflation, economic disaster because of what Obama tried to do to fix the worst recession in 70 years.
A year from now the public is going to look at an improving economy and question what the hell the republicans were ranting about.
