Republicans should quit slash-and-burn tactics, help push country forward

[babylonsister]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/feb/13/blocking-progress/

Blocking progress
Republicans should quit slash-and-burn tactics, help push country forward

Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 | 2:05 a.m.


When Barack Obama was elected president, people said they voted for him because he promised to provide needed change in the country. In the year since, many people have expressed frustration that change hasn’t come quickly enough, which is not a surprise.

Republicans have mounted an incredible effort to try to derail the president, and in doing so, have furthered inflamed the nation’s angst. Republicans have spread their dire prophecies of doom and gloom about health care, the economy and just about anything else the president has supported. They have consistently derided Obama’s plans and refused to work with him — and then they blame him.

That is the Republicans’ political strategy. If they are able to defeat necessary change, they can blame the Democrats and try to make big gains in November.

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Voters are tired of politics as usual. People in Congress should understand that. It was just a few years ago that a Senate leader complained, “The attitude around here has become ‘How can we keep anything from happening?’ ”

Ironically, Republican Trent Lott uttered those words when his party held both the White House and Congress.

Enough is enough. It’s time for Republicans to forsake the attitude they once condemned, go honestly to the negotiating table and work with Democrats to improve the economy and the country.

[depakid]

1. Why on earth would Republicans do that?

From their perspective, that would be the stupidest thing imaginable.

They win policy battle after policy battle- making Dems look weak, ineffective and even foolish- and are again winning election after election following their strategy.

Unlike Democrats- Republican play to win- and take no prisoners. Anyone who thinks that's going to change is naive- and, quite frankly, an impediment to any positive progress on improving the nation's problems.

[baldguy]

2. +1. If they help the country, they lose.

[depakid]

5. That's basically the case

Their strategists know it- and their rank and file wants it that way.

That's their nature- and it's the height of folly to engage them, because by doing so, all you do i enable and legitimize their failed ideology.

Unfortunately, Democrats never seem to learn, no matter how many times they're backstabbed stomped on or thumped.

[nightrain]

3. not likely to happen though, huh?

[IndianaGreen]

4. Let the KKK love Blacks, Jews, Catholics, and gays!

Not in this universe!

Anyone that still adheres to the bipartisanship delusion should be committed!