Reply #36: While I agree that they are not GOP policies

[Dr Morbius]

...I am sorry to say your argument does not explain it. The Republicans would vote against banning abortion, cutting taxes for the rich, or deregulating anything if the Democrats were for it. They've determined, probably rightly, that their political future is shot if Obama succeeds in solving some of America's problems. Their political future depends on making sure Obama fails, and to a lesser degree, that the Democratic party fails. So they would, without question and without hesitation, vote against things which they themselves have fought for if it meant Obama looked good as a result.

The Republicans vote in lockstep because they are able to do so, and the mere fact that they're able to do so should render them suspect to the American voter. We the people tolerate far too much partisanship in legislative voting. And yet, isn't that the same thing as calling the President's decision a "Republican policy" when we might disagree with it? This is so silly.

And so self-destructive to our party.