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In reply to the discussion: You know what I find really really reeeeeeeeeeeeeally interesting right now? [View all]Volaris
(11,741 posts)Because if President Obama pulls this off and gets re-elected, there's a good chance that he AT LEAST keeps the Senate in Democratic control, and once he doesn't need to get elected AGAIN, he and the Senate can run the damn show. He can make the argument as follows...
"We all tried for 4 years to work with these people, (including the Tea Party incursion in the House) and they just slapped us down, again and again. Yes, it sucked, but The People see what Political Conservatism in action looks like now, and NOW we don't have to play that game anymore. NOW we are gonna run this country the CORRECT way, and I don't care what the GOP thinks of that anymore. They had their chance to help, and they chose not to, so fuck em. And anything that we really wanted done that didn't get that way because of GOP obstruction is still sitting in the Senate, ready to go, and there is NOTHING that says we can't revisit that legislation, and try again."
Its the policy equivalent of a Rope-a-Dope...you let yourself get hit, in this case, so everyone can SEE how much your opponent hates you, and wants to kill you just to watch you die...that way, when you start hitting back with the same level of fury, no one holds it against you, the fuckers are "getting what they asked for" so to speak...if it works, it will marginalize the Republican Party for at least 10 years, and that's a lot of time to try and fix what the GOP broke in this country already...
But I haven't slept yet today, and might be way off base with my analysis...feel free to offer any thoughts that you feel might help=)