tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post5389218318299962226..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-63275781567131115322013-01-30T12:53:11.398-05:002013-01-30T12:53:11.398-05:00Well I, with a same-gender non-citizen hubby stuck...Well I, with a same-gender non-citizen hubby stuck in Hong Kong unable to get a visa here, am thrilled to be a political football.<br /><br />Again.Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516627527973534295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-49030035219673663422013-01-30T07:44:20.106-05:002013-01-30T07:44:20.106-05:00Steve, that's exactly the way I see it.
This ...Steve, that's exactly the way I see it.<br /><br />This is Kabuki, with the Republicans looking for some way to say the lack of any progress is the fault of the Democrats, to try to absolve themselves of any blame - trying to pass it off on the Democrats.<br /><br />From the Democrats side, I think what President Obama and members of Congress, are trying to do, is keep the pressure on the Republicans, hoping that they continue to retreat and fracture. <br />So far, they've made them cave on the "Fiscal Cliff," and raised taxes.<br />They punted on the "Debt Ceiling" for a few months.<br />And now, the pressure is on them, because President Obama made immigration reform a priority.<br />Also too - gun safety.<br /><br />Bobo wrote about forming a second, more rational, GOP.<br />THAT, ain't gonna happen.<br /><br />What the Democrats are trying to do, I think, is to make the Republicans splinter into 3 parts:<br />The handful of remaining slightly rational actors.<br />The status quo nitwits.<br />And, the uber-right crazies.<br /><br />And the hope, again, imo, is that the uber-righties splinter off, form a 3rd Party, and primary Congressional Republicans in 2014, and then, the Republican Presidential candidate, in 2016.<br /><br />This will, in effect, destroy the Republican Party in national elections.<br /><br />What we may be seeing, and living through, is what happened to The Whig Party, from the mid to late 1840's until the Republican Party became a national power in the late 1850's.<br /><br />That party, quickly became a national force.<br />The new 3rd Party splinter group, probably called the "Liberty," or "Patriot," party, since Tea Party now has a stench around it, will remain a fairly minor rump party. But it can serve to keep Republicans from winning on a national level for years.<br /><br />Them's my $0.02's.<br /><br />Of course, things may change, so, who can really tell?Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com