Sarah Palin imploded, Beck is essentially gone, Tea Party rallies struggle to fill a phone booth
FOX news ratings keep dropping and their owner is neck deep in a major scandal. This is no longer 2010 when American voters decided to give Republicans a chance out of frustration over the economy.
Republicans got that chance and they blew it badly. Newly elected Republican Governors are fighting it out to see who can lose the most voter approval polling points each month, while recall petitions blossom for them and their legislative stooges. There isn't a single Republican Presidential candidate to the left of loony who is generating any grass roots Republican enthusiasm.
Republicans took power in the House of Representatives over the issue of lost jobs, then promptly ignored the economy to focus on "social values" issues and their crusade to strangle government. That included fumbling Republican assaults on two of the most admired government programs in the country, Social Security and Medicare. Meanwhile Republicans continued to hitch their wagon to homophobic outrage while a sea change took place among the electorate in favor of gay marriages. With unemployment stuck at extremely painful high levels, the Republican response boiled down to eliminating the jobs of public workers. The only group of voters who want the national debate to focus on cutting the deficit rather than adding jobs are tea party fanatics who keep shrinking in numbers and loosing support from the public every week.
So how on Earth, with Democrats perfectly positioned to cash in on the electorates buyers remorse over having voted in Republicans last time, after the electorate has vehemently rejected Republican plans to "reform" Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and with Americans clearly demanding more jobs, rather than more belt tightening, how on earth did we end up in this place?
Why is a Democratic Party President agreeing with the increasingly marginalized Right that deficit reduction is the central debate in America, with trillions of dollars of spending cuts now one of his highest priorities? And why the hell did he put Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare back on the table to face cuts when the public emphatically wants those benefits preserved?
My guess would be because he and the elected dem leadership are just as big of fuck ups as their republicunt counterparts.
Republicans got that chance and they blew it badly. Newly elected Republican Governors are fighting it out to see who can lose the most voter approval polling points each month, while recall petitions blossom for them and their legislative stooges. There isn't a single Republican Presidential candidate to the left of loony who is generating any grass roots Republican enthusiasm.
Republicans took power in the House of Representatives over the issue of lost jobs, then promptly ignored the economy to focus on "social values" issues and their crusade to strangle government. That included fumbling Republican assaults on two of the most admired government programs in the country, Social Security and Medicare. Meanwhile Republicans continued to hitch their wagon to homophobic outrage while a sea change took place among the electorate in favor of gay marriages. With unemployment stuck at extremely painful high levels, the Republican response boiled down to eliminating the jobs of public workers. The only group of voters who want the national debate to focus on cutting the deficit rather than adding jobs are tea party fanatics who keep shrinking in numbers and loosing support from the public every week.
So how on Earth, with Democrats perfectly positioned to cash in on the electorates buyers remorse over having voted in Republicans last time, after the electorate has vehemently rejected Republican plans to "reform" Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and with Americans clearly demanding more jobs, rather than more belt tightening, how on earth did we end up in this place?
Why is a Democratic Party President agreeing with the increasingly marginalized Right that deficit reduction is the central debate in America, with trillions of dollars of spending cuts now one of his highest priorities? And why the hell did he put Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare back on the table to face cuts when the public emphatically wants those benefits preserved?
My guess would be because he and the elected dem leadership are just as big of fuck ups as their republicunt counterparts.
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