The ball is now in the Republican court.

[kentuck]

Let's see what they do with it?

They can be decent and be willing to work with the President to solve the problem and be true Americans or they can reject his offer to work together and continue to use the Tea Party as the conduit for their political money-laundering? It is up to them.

People are watching and they are tired of the crap...

[CatWoman]

1. yup

[Bay Boy]

2. So we are to hope that the Repubs...

...do the right thing? Let me know how that works out.

[kentuck]

3. Nobody really expects them to change at all...

It will just be more obvious to a few more people. They are showing their true selves.

[Booster]

8. I agree. I think the gun reform vote opened a lot of people's eyes as to just how much their party

was listening to them. And I'm hoping they are also getting tired of the obvious bullshit from Republicans in Congress.

[Anansi1171]

4. And the best part is the biggest shoe has yet to drop...

...who the Leaker is and will he be prosecuted. The angles all point to the failed or failing pressure points of Benghazi, the timing of this disclosure over the IRS targeting and the AP's non-release of the letter as a classic PsyOp to paint a shot-gun pattern of a reckless and out of control administration. Its complete bullshit that is not sticking (except among those already not sympathetic) and its being digested as its unpacked and heads cool.

But the Leaker has them yellow-tailed and it may be quite a reversal, and despite the media and the Republicans pushing the narrative of a weak second term, they may look up and see an eroding deficit, burgeoning economy, a disgraced House and the Republicans owning the largest scandal. With nothing having changed in terms of the electoral and demographic facts on ground. In short, their 2014 prospects may not be as cheery as hyped. We have a looooonnnggg way to go, and it seems they've already fired too many rounds. No one wants to see yet another meaningless Obamacare repeal vote. No one's going to blame Obama if the debt ceiling farce leads to another credit downgrade.

What's amazing is that the media is so willing to get itself gored by the bull, side-by-side with the republicans pushing a bad position. Rush is on life-support. Fox needs scandal to inflate an epic collapse in ratings. CNN is hardly competent and the exposure of the Associated Press has just begun. And the more they shill(as this week shows) the further they fall. More room for We Are Change and Young Turks and other voices in the commons. They are needed, the media I speak of are absolute sell-outs.

So freaking amazed at how many think the AP are the victims in this, and try to shame others for thinking otherwise, claiming that others are tools. I need my 1st Amendment right to be utterly speechless.

[rso]

6. republicans

Outstanding post Anans and very sharp analysis.

[kentuck]

7. Good points!

+++++

[Bonhomme Richard]

5. "They can be decent and be willing to work with the President"

Not a chance.