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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI Do Not Expect The GOP To Relent In The New Year -----
They will double down on cutting Social Security, Medicare And Medicaid and will move to abolish ACA. I expect them to be more extreme.
They and the corrupt media and in particular hate radio will blame Obama and the Demos for raising everyone's taxes.
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I Do Not Expect The GOP To Relent In The New Year ----- (Original Post)
TheMastersNemesis
Dec 2012
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This is logic seeing that they have districts sewn up and will be primaried for going along with any
uponit7771
Dec 2012
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uponit7771
(90,364 posts)1. This is logic seeing that they have districts sewn up and will be primaried for going along with any
....thing a dem proposes like they have been primaried in the past.
No reason for them not to "stand their ground"
2010 elections really hurt american
jorno67
(1,986 posts)2. +1
Yep...they are willing to destroy themselves for their misguided ideology.
elfin
(6,262 posts)3. Sadly, yes. There is a sizable, "safe" knot of angry, bigoted and DUMB Reps that can...
Push around the hapless Boehner, because their numbers are just large enough to stymie any substantive progress and cause the feared double dip severe recession.
kiranon
(1,727 posts)4. Agree. Repubs want more taxes from the middle on down and the wealthy can take care of themselves.