"Dems push for national debate on whether GOP is sabotaging economy" by Greg Sargent at WP

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Dems push for national debate on whether GOP is sabotaging economy

by Greg Sargent at WP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/dems-push-for-national-debate-on-whether-gop-is-sabotaging-economy/2012/06/04/gJQAVnW1DV_blog.html

"SNIP.................................................

Harry Reid, on the Senate floor today speaking about GOP opposition to the the Paycheck Fairness Act (transcript per his office):

“Unfortunately, it seems Paycheck Fairness may have two strikes against it. It would good for women and good for the economy.”

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Paul Krugman writes today that Obama has no choice at this point but to run with this argument as aggressively as possible. The bad jobs numbers mean Obama no longer has the option of running on claims of economic success. Better to admit that the policies he was able to get passed weren’t enough, and that we’d be doing better today if it weren’t for determined GOP obstructionism.

Ed Kilgore counters that swing voters can never be persuaded to hold anyone but the president’s party wholly accountable for the state of the economy. I’ve made a similar case, arguing that even if swing voters are fully convinced that the GOP is deliberately blocking Obama policies they believe would help the economy, they may not care, and may simply ask themselves why Obama isn’t getting his policies through despite the opposition.

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[elleng]

1. DEBATE?

Kilgore and Sargent say swing voters can never be persuaded, and we're supposed to have a debate???

[dkf]

2. I'm kind of puzzled how accusing the GOP gets Obama anywhere.

Does that not drive people to the Republican party as the only one who can push through legislation?