It's a political year and I've held off for far too long. And it looks like this is going to be a very delicious year to be blogging as the Republicans continue to trip all over themselves in their ineptitude trying to win back the White House. Or win something. God knows what considering their standing in Congress.
The latest example comes this week with the complete cave by the GOP on extending the payroll tax cuts. This is one that less than two months ago they were willing to die on the cross for. Not any longer. "It's over. It's done." Those are the quotes coming from GOP insiders who are just shaking their heads about the sad state of affairs of the Republican leadership and how out of sync it is with the presidential front runners, such as they are.
Pretty hilarious AND entertaining if you ask me. John Batchelor presents an excellent inside look today in The Daily Beast at why the GOP caved and why it caved so hard on payroll taxes. They aren't dumb enough yet to realize that this one was gong to kill them if they didn't quickly reverse course. On the other hand, Obama's strategy has been masterful not only on the payroll tax deal where he backed the dullards on the other side of the isle into a corner, but also on the health care/contraception switcharoo.
I'm now convinced that Obama and his team knew full well what they were doing when they angered fundamentalist Catholics on contraception and then quickly changed course to bring all those who have any chance of supporting him in the fall back into his camp. It was brilliant.
Why? It was Obama's trap to lure the Republican candidates back into the social issues swamp and off the economy and other issues where he is more vulnerable. Now you've got Rick Santorum out there talking about aspirin as a birth control solution (I know he didn't say it but he might as well have). And suggesting that education receive no state or federal funding? Huh?
Oh ya, and this is also the guy who drives an Audi, which would be made by the German socialists. Again, the GOP finds is hands in the hypocrisy cookie jar. Believe me it's going to be an entertaining election year.
