Posted on 02/23/2010 8:02:41 AM PST by raccoonradio
>>I smell another Arlen Specter<<
Then you’d better get the nettie pot off the shelf. Your sinuses are plugged solid.
The brunt of my idea is that it puts the onus on the Democrats in Congress to make the next sensible move. We’re a center-right country with a far-left Congressional leadership.
Announcing to the world that we (Republicans) won’t do business with the current leadership, but would with sensible leadership that reflects more of a Blue Dog mentality will give us the out for doing nothing from now to November.
We’re going to do just that anyway, and announcing it as a policy will put the whole matter on the table. We go into November with either a) the current mess and win in a landslide since we put the ball in their court and they refused to play, or b) a Congress that’s started to legislate center-right.
Frankly, I’d betting on option a), but then we might just get another 2 years of gridlock and I’m not sure we can stay on this course another 2 years. Things are falling apart in a hurry financially and it IS possible to spend your way into oblivion.
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