Reply #7: The Party Of No Triangulates Itself Into A Big Corner...

[KharmaTrain]

The GOOP leadership was "too smart by half"...trying to astroturf "populist outrage" while carrying the water for those who work to pervert that outrage for their own profit. It kinda worked during the healthcare debate as the bill was easy to demonize and distort (even before there was a bill) and the Democrats (and most people with a foot in the real world) didn't expect the lies and bullshit that flowed. In the end...after all the hooting and hollaring, the GOOP failed to stop a bill from passing, but they still haven't gotten the message how badly they lost.

Now McChinless and Boner have cast their lots with the greediest of the greedy...showing their true colors...not only to us (surprise, surprise), but to the great unhinged in their own party...and will have to walk a tightwire. The good move by the administration is to quickly move on this bill...get it for a vote before any astroturfing and lies can take hold. The "endless bailout" meme is only working with the great unhinged...and then with considerable blowback cause the people getting those bailouts are the ones who the GOOP leadership is attempting to protect.

How the worm has turned...a couple weeks ago, the HIR vote appeared to be President Obama's "Waterloo"...the Bank Reregulation bill could be the rushpublicans worst nightmare.