Silence.

[Clio the Leo]

From the GOP.......

I follow a WHOLE bunch of GOP members of Congress on Twitter and they (with the exception of Bachmann) haven't said a thing. It's EERY.

Are they ....


1. stunned, not knowing what to do next?

2. having a party in Cheney's bunker and their cell phones are out of range?

3. too busy watching us all fight, popcorn butter on their hands, unable to type?

4. In the woods praying to their Reagan zombie alter?


And the REAL question. If Obama's "caving" afforded us just ONE night of silence from the GOP, was it worth it? I think so! :)

[bbgrunt]

1. they've hardly been silenced. Ed Schultz ran through

some of the responses on his show. They are trying hard not to gloat.

[inna]

2. wrong on so many levels that it's just... sad.

[saracat]

3. ONE night of GOP silence was worth caving on a fundamental principle of the Democratic Platform?

Really? Wow. No wonder they can play us. We sell cheap.

[Clio the Leo]

4. Yes...

.... and I was being COMPLETELY SINCERE when I said that.

Just as I am now.

[saracat]

6. Okay Sorry.. Great smiley BTW!

[Skittles]

5. my bet: they're meeting to plan the next Obama humiliation

I mean, fuck, it's so EASY

[grumgrum]

7. GOP continues to love Obama! This time GOP allowed Obama to set himself up for defeat in '12

[grumgrum]

8. Off planning what else they can get Obama to give them...It's a fire sale

[jeanpalmer]

9. They are stunned

they could get everything they wanted so easily. Not in their wildest dreams did they expect this result. Now that their tax cuts for the rich are in place, they can get to work on cutting the safety net.

[Tunkamerica]

10. I have never seen eerie spelled that way so I looked it up and apparently

it is an accepted secondary spelling. Wyrd (get it?).

[lamp_shade]

11. They clearly don't know what to do next.

[Umbral]

12. Yes, giving the GOP a sound nights sleep makes it all worth it....

maybe in your twisted little world.

[Honeycombe8]

13. That's a creepy spin. Sort of like...if I kill my dog, then that means he won't bark tonight! nt

[donco6]

14. Having been stunned at getting their agenda met so fast -

they are now busily adding to their wish-lists, knowing Christmas is on the way!

[bushisanidiot]

15. They are stunned silent because they realize the President just took the bat out of their hands.

now they have to try to spin their way out of the fact that they just sat down and signed a deal with the Democratic President of the United States, which will enfuriate the republicon base. They want him out in 2012 and they want the 'cons to fight the President on everything. This is not going to sit well with them at all. (the 2% of the country who is being helped by this deal will be happy, but they don't pull the lever to put someone in the white house.. they just fund the campaigns)

[donco6]

16. Seriously? They're going to vote against Republicans because they got what they wanted?

I don't even know what to say to that.

[niceypoo]

17. The spin doctors are out in full force

[Clio the Leo]

18. You could be right. nt

[LibDemAlways]

19. They are huddled with their tax accountants figuring out how

little they will be paying next year. Oh, and they're gloating and grinning like a bunch of cheshire cats.

[Enrique]

20. yep

listen close, you can hear the adding machines.

[Milo_Bloom]

21. Quote from 2 of my GOP facebook friends.

"Have you ever heard anyone say, "We need to get past all of this partisan squabbling and name-calling. That's why I'm going to abandon all my objections and agree with you?" I haven't."


"We're all Republicans now! http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/06/obama-proposes-payroll-tax-reduction-deal-taking-shape-bush-tax-cuts/ Obama has officially begun "Triangulating" This way, when the economy improves he can share the credit with the repubs and get reelected in 2012. Of course he had to throw the Dems in Congress under the bus and he had to completely alienate his base. . . Hope and Change . . ."


Silence? They are laughing at him openly!

[Clio the Leo]

22. It's official, they're eating popcorn...

Just Tweeted by Cantor's staff
http://republicanwhip.house.gov/blog/2010/12/dem-leaders-vs-president-obama.html