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“His approval is irrelevant. His agenda is dead . . .”

I think you are right and the goal should be to keep pressure on these scandals (actually more like crime scenes) and solidify the mistrust of the administration.

Making gains in congress is also necessary. One of the most interesting aspects of the IRS matter is that “Tea Party” and pro-life organizations were particularly targeted. I think this will have some good effects:

1) This likely will energize many of the small Tea Party organizations. Any attempt to intimidate Tea Parties will simply backfire on the those trying to do so. 2014 will more closely resemble 2010 than 2012. Any Fedzilla bureaucracy that tries to suppress the Tea Parties will find they are throwing gasoline onto a fire.

2) This also has the promise of tamping down GOPe opposition to Tea Party types. They don’t like the Tea Party movement, but for the coming election cycle they will have to put that aside. The IRS scandal is too important for their election prospects, and like it or not, the IRS scandal is tied directly to suppressing the Tea Party.

3) This may also help the Tea Party’s image with LIV’s who have previously bought the lies uttered by the MSM and dems. Touchy-feely LIV’s are sometimes inclined to sympathize with underdogs, and the Tea Parties getting targeted by the IRS puts them in that light. Maybe some might start to think that Tea Party types are not bad guys at all like CNNABCNBC etc. have been saying.

4) Maybe for this cycle the antagonism that some Republican voters have for social conservatives can also be tamped down. Pro-life and pro traditional marriage groups have been targeted as well, and that may help both sides here find common ground for reducing the size and power of government. Maybe this will help restore some part of the Reagan coalition. Economic conservatives, social conservatives, libertarians etc, can all rally around the common cause of smaller, less intrusive government.