Highlighting an issue that we’ve been discussing here in Colorado, President Obama is taking Republicans to task for opposing everything and not offering their own solutions to the economic crisis:
Gearing up for negotiations with Congress over his proposed budget, President Obama chided Republican lawmakers Monday for opposing his initiatives without offering alternatives.
“I do think that the Republican Party right now hasn’t sort of figured out what it’s for,” Obama said in a White House interview with The Courier-Journal and reporters from five other newspapers. “And so as a proxy, they’ve just decided ‘we’re going to be against whatever the other side is for.’ That’s not what’s needed in an economic crisis.”
He added that “you could play that game maybe in the early ’90s, when basically we were pretty prosperous. Right now, everybody’s got to pull together.”
Congressional Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have unleashed a flurry of attacks on the president’s proposed $3.6 trillion budget plan.
McConnell has said Obama’s budget “spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much.” Other Republicans have said the potential impact of the president’s plan on the nation’s debt is unsustainable.
As we’ve said in discussions about the “Party of No” here in Colorado, Republicans aren’t helping themselves by resisting everything while not offering up their own alternatives instead. Republicans would be far better off in 2010 running on a platform of “cautious change” rather than just opposing everything that Democrats put forth in regards to the economy. Because if the economy turns around by 2010, Democrats will get all the credit; if it doesn’t, Republicans won’t be able to say “we told you so” unless their own solutions were rejected.
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…is propose bills on definition of marriage, destroying the environment, free concealed carry permits nationwide, etc.
Then they will fight against them because they came from the Democrats.
That seems to be their only criteria.
It just might work, but Pelosi moved forward with a 90% tax and failed to give it cover of a faux name so she may not be interested.
This video seems relevant here …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
The irony is that the comic — Jon Stewart — is spot on with his criticisms of the partisan theatrical “infotainment” industry (including blogs like ColoradoPols, BTW). It hurts the country by enabling name-calling, bickering and political pissing matches that do nothing to actually solve the problems our country faces.
Can you provide a link to where the excerpt above come from?
“not offering their own solutions.”
Here it is again.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/w…
the latest Geithner presentation of the Obama administration plan has got to be tough on the GOP. After all they ARE the party of Wall Street and the corporate elite. All that gay-bashing, railing against abortion, and agitating for prayer in school is just to get average working social conservatives to the polls to vote with them and against their own economic interests. But now average folks from all across the political spectrum are outraged at the very elite the GOP exists to serve.
No wonder poor GOP far right Rep. Kantor is confused. If Wall Street is smiling on the Obama plan, how can they be against it without being against their Wall Street overlords?
If they support Obama and Wall Street how do they hang on to all those enraged little people whose votes they need?
If they lead the pitch fork brigade how do they hang on to the lion’s share of the elite’s money? They need it more than ever now that the Dems have learned how to counter with huge sums in small donations on the internet.
How does the party that reveres unfettered, unregulated capitalism do populism at the same time? Especially when the fattest capitalists are willing to accept regulation now if only the government and all the little tax payers will come save them. I sense GOP heads about to implode.
Republicans proposed a plan that would have created twice as many jobs at half the cost of the Democrat plan. That’s a real alternative. Unfortunately, the rules in the House under Pelosi are the most anti-minority in decades. The minority wasn’t even allowed to formally offer a substitute motion.
Have any details of this ingenious plan? I’ve only heard very vague statements that they have a plan, but no details on what it would do.
Also, if you would, detail how the rules have changed under Pelosi. You’ve accused Democrats of gaming the system against Republicans, but you’ve never offered any evidence of any wrongdoing.
Frankly, if you have nothing but useless insults, baseless accusations, and no substance to your posts, no one here will take you as anything more than a shill.
Dave Camp proposed the…uh…alternative in the House. It failed miserably. 1/28/09, look it up.
Damn “anti-minority” rules…stupid proposals still get voted down…