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In reply to the discussion: Rachel had it Right, now DU is getting it wrong. [View all]LuvLoogie
(7,133 posts)Then they pull up the ladder and slam the door shut behind them. Look at what Husted is proposing electorally in Ohio, what they tried to do in Pennsylvania. The Dems' are in a good position to play hardball. Kristol sees the writing on the wall. The best option for the Reps is to take the deal The President is offering during the lame duck. Because then they will have to hold middle class tax cuts hostage again after the Bush cuts expire. The Dems' best tool right now is the bully pulpit combined with a willingness to ram the rules down McConnell's, Demint's & Cantor's throats.
Until the GOP shows an effort to work with the President, all options should be left on the table. In one aspect, I can agree with the OP. We don't have to get vulgar to express our position. We can certainly use conventional English and poetic license to call out the GOP guard. But we have to win, and we have to pass legislation, and we have to get government functioning. We have to be willing to leave the GOP at the station. Though they act like it, they are not 4-year-olds throwing tantrums; they are adults. We have to be willing to coldly, dispassionately leave them in the dust--especially the sociopaths like Rick Scott and the demagogues like Demint.