QOTD: “In your heart you know he’s right” edition
by digby
“We went down the government-shutdown route before, and the results didn’t hurt the Republicans at all,” says Rick Tyler, a onetime spokesman for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. “Republicans got reelected to the majority.”
What’s the problem with his logic? I can’t see it. The Republicans acted like hooligans in the last congress and got richly rewarded at the ballot box. Why wouldn’t they keep doing what they’re doing?
Now, this might be one of those sticky situations where the owners of America don’t like this sort of behavior and believe they’ve bought themselves protection from it by buying up most members of both parties. But that doesn’t mean the Republicans won’t do it anyway. The election told them that they can do whatever they please and it doesn’t matter whether the Big Money Boyz like it or not. Why would they think otherwise?
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