Republicans Can't Handle The Truth

Skil -- the Teapublican party is not irrelevant -- as long as they hold a majority in the House, plus a blocking minority in the Senate they can do a great deal of damage. Further, as long as Teapubublicans hold majorities in state houses along with governorships, they can create state level laws that reflect their right wing views and values.

If they remain true to their right wing, ethnocentric ideology long enough, I suspect the electorate will eventually respond appropriately at all levels (assuming that while in power the Teapublicans don't significantly further restrict the franchise).

At that point a center/right party to balance the center/left (or more accurately centrist) Democratic party might well emerge. (Folks calling the Democrats leftist or socialist are pretty much blinded by the rhetoric of the Teapublican right wing ideologues).

Didn't think you went for the total government control of reproduction that the tea idiots go for.

More like throwbacks to Australopithecus, at least.

the Teapublican party is not irrelevant

Guy, you are no longer a tea person and now a radical libertarian?
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Boner (Boner... ha ha) and McConnel need to compromise and allow NO cuts to social programs.

not necessarily a car as a necessity but some means of transportation
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Proud member of TSWB.

End terrorism by building a school

McConnell's flunky asserts that the CRS pulled the report on their own, so you just take him at his word. And you wonder how it's so obvious that you're just a Republican by another name. Snort that!

Don Stewart, a spokesman for the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said Mr. McConnell and other senators “raised concerns about the methodology and other flaws.” Mr. Stewart added that people outside of Congress had also criticized the study and that officials at the research service “decided, on their own, to pull the study pending further review.”

On the contrary, as Senate minority leader, McConnell's blatant attempt to deny facts and to suppress professional, reputable and non-partisan analysis merely because it does not comport with his policy preferences, calls for denunciation by all credible members of his party

Snort

officials at the research service “decided, on their own, to pull the study pending further review.”

From a link in your own post.

Skil -- the Teapublican party is not irrelevant -- as long as they hold a majority in the House, plus a blocking minority in the Senate they can do a great deal of damage.

Boner (Boner... ha ha) and McConnel need to compromise and allow NO cuts to social programs.

Kirk Cameron played Mikey Seaver in "Growing Pains". That was the name of his best pal in that series.
And we all know what Kirk is doing now, right?
Starring in movie versions of the "Left Behind" series.

I have given money to candidates to the party I belong to. I did vote for their standard bearer for President. HINT it wasn't Romney.

Reed, fair points there. The Democrats have leverage at the outset -- if nothing happens, taxes revert to the 'onerous' Clinton era taxes (I note our economy and the extremely wealthy were doing just fine then), defense spending drops back to the level in place in 2009 -- something like 70% higher than in 2001, and other spending also is cut. By and large, that is closer to what the Democrats would wish than what the Teapublicans would wish.

But then, early next year, the Teapublicans can shut down government and damage US credit ratings again simply by not authorizing a debt ceiling increase.

My view is that the key player in the House is not Boehner or Cantor -- Boehner is weak and not respected by his own party, Cantor is so self oriented that even Teapublicans can sense that. Rather the key player is Ryan. I believe (and I could be wrong her clearly) that for all his ideological views, that Ryan is a 'country first' sort of player. He also has true leverage with the Teapublicans. Further, he might figure out that by making a big deal with Obama (which would include some tax increases, some entitlement cuts and other budget cuts as well) that he would position himself for a run for President in 2016.

They can do nothing more than get in the way. At the beginning of the session, Senate rules can be revised without a supermajority, just with a simple majority, so Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer (chair or whatever of the Senate Rules Committee) do have the option to alter or eliminate the filibuster, in any case neutering Senate Teabaglicans as they should have done at the beginning of the previous two-year session. The Teabaglicans still have an outright majority in the House due to gerrymandering, and continuing their obstruction until the mid-term election could do a great deal of damage, as you say. But they very well might have leverage in only the House, and none in the Senate.

Reed, there is a big difference between true libertarians and Teapublicans -- social issues.

So you voted for Gary Johnson, big deal. Libertarians and Republicans are not as different as you seem to like to imagine.

Guy, while I detect a note of sarcasm in your post whether you realise it or not you are on the right (as in correct) track.

Guy, while I detect a note of sarcasm in your post whether you realise it or not you are on the right (as in correct) track.

Terror, yes, I am now on the correct track. The American people spoke last Tuesday night and the American people voted for "fundamental change." The "fundamental change" they voted for is to flip from "limited government/individual take care of yourself" to a total government responsibility to ensure equality of outcome.

The "limited government/take care of yourself" has failed because some can do it and some cannot. If you look at the demographics, it LOOKS very racist; therefore, it must be wrong. I believe it's wrong now.

The terms freedoms and rights are now used interchangeably. A freedom is a right and a right is a freedom. There is no more difference in their meanings. We've progressed enough to realize those are the same things.

Happiness comes from freedom and rights. Whether it's the right to free speech or the freedom to travel unhindered, they are both basic requirements for natural happiness. Whether it's the freedom to drink beer, eat pizza and watch an NFL game or the right to take viagra afterwards to counteract the effects of the beer in order to do some frolicking, if people don't have these rights/freedoms, the government is not holding up to its responsibility.

It's now time for those who CAN do it to provide for those who CAN'T do it. It's only fair. And in order for it to FEEL good, the white guy must suffer at least a little bit in order to demonstrate that social justice is being accomplished. Fair is fair. This is something we all learned in grade school and it applies to adults just as much. The white guy must be pinged with the dodge ball a few times in order to make the last person picked for the team feel better and get on to a better life.

America has changed... FUNDAMENTALLY. That's how a progressive democracy works.

The American people spoke last Tuesday night and the American people voted for "fundamental change."

Did they?

The popular vote was almost equal for both sides. The problem you are noting is the indirect way the President is chosen.

And if he and a couple of others in the Republican party had not voiced some stupid comments it could have easily ended up the other way.