Reply #69: Sorry, but that's just delusional.

[stopbush]

Where have you heard the GOP taking any heat at all? Give us a few links to support your statement.

Any heat the Rs are taking on this pales in comparison to the heat Obama is taking from his liberal base. Do you think the public is hearing any criticism of Rs over that hurricane?

In case you haven't looked, the Rs are in a perfect position. They've compromised with Obama on the tax cut package. If it goes through the deficit goes up which pisses off nobody but the tea baggers. If the package fails, it's because the Ds wouldn't support their own president.

And if it fails, the Rs get to come back in January and "write a package that reflects the will of the people as expressed in the election." That package will make the present package look like, well, Christmas.

BTW - zen has no place in the cut throat world of American politics. Karma doesn't exist in real life, so why expect it to exist in politics? The just-say-no Rs realized this. That's why they opted to "do nothing" by actively saying no. It was a strategy that worked for them in the election. In effect, they expended a whole lot of energy not doing anything, and the public bought it as being tough.