Joe Klein: Republican Kamikaze Ride

[flpoljunkie]

Republican Kamikaze Ride

Posted by JOE KLEIN
Thursday, March 25

The GOP seems intent on self-destruction. Now they're siding with Wall Street bankers against Main Street, voting no on financial regulatory reform. One of the their own, Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, has called them on it:

It's going to be very, very difficult -- very difficult -- to get 41 members to hold, especially, especially if many of the provisions in this bill address concerns that everyday people on Main Street have," said Corker. "That's why I thought it was so important to leave that committee -- maybe lose three Republicans, lose three Democrats -- but to end up with a middle-of-the-road bill that we can all hold hands and fight off amendments."

Tell you the truth, I really don't understand the Republican strategy...unless they are trying to communicate that anything--anything--proposed by the Democrats and signed by this President is illegitimate. But the ads for the fall campaign are writing themselves:

The Republicans opposed health insurance that can't be taken away...because that's what the insurance companies wanted. The Republicans opposed regulating the Wall Street sharks....because that's what Wall Street wanted.

The rest of the ad writes itself. I'm sure Democrats will lose House seats in November, but the Republicans certainly seem to be working hard to minimize those losses.

http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/03/25/republican-kamikaze-ride/

[LiberalFighter]

1. Time.com needs to do a better job of editing.

[LiberalFighter]

2. Maybe Democrats will lose some seats but I believe Republicans will lose some seats too.

[quiet.american]

3. All I can think of, is that the GOP's polling has told them that if they capture "teh stupid" vote -

- they can win. The same way Rove went after evangelicals. Will it work? I pray there are more thinking people in this country than not.

[Cha]

4. Plenty of stupids..look how well

limpbaugh, beck, palin, and the rest of the ilk do..hopefully those who would agree more with The Coffee Party than the teabaggers will win the day.

[CakeGrrl]

5. "Anything proposed by the Democrats and signed by this President

is illegitimate."

He hit the nail on the head with that one. They are lockstep in their refusal to support or agree with the President or share any success that he achieves.

Obama can run them into walls simply by being on the correct side of an issue. They'll destroy themselves via their almost pathological resolve to oppose him. Healthcare is a perfect example.