Democrats now have a new strategy to erase the GOP's edge and destroy Republican chances of winning in November.
Bi-Partisanship!
That's right Bi-Partisanship is now the new killjoy for Republicans in Congress and Republican Candidates.
How can this be?
I'm happy you asked, allow me to explain.
Democrats including Pres. Barack Obama invite Republican Leaders to share their ideas and draft Bi-Partisan Legislation.
Democrat Leaders (Harry Reid) keep the good, commonsense ideas from Republican Leaders and use those ideas to make the Democratic Party look competent.
After the legislation is drafted Congress tells the Mainstream Media that a Bi-Partisan bill will be passed.
What's wrong with this approach you ask?
Well after keeping good ideas from Republicans, Democrats than scale back the proposed Legislation and pass a much smaller version of the original legislation.
Slashing the bill is done so without notifying any Republican Leaders who shared their good, commonsense ideas which of course causes Republicans to complain or try to defect.
Once the Republicans start complaining or attempt to no longer participate, Democrats (actually Pres. Obama) than reports to Mainstream Media organizations (MSNBC & CNN) that Republicans don't want to work with Democrats and their still being uncooperative "Obstructionists".
This is the exact SAME sneaky, shady tactic Harry Reid used to draft the Health Care Bill when he brokered deals with Ben Nelson ("Nebraska Compromise") and Mary Landrieu ("Louisiana Purchase").
So in essence when Pres. Obama defined his version of Bi-Partisanship ("Bi-Partisanship is not just Democrats accepting all Republican ideas and rejecting Democrat ideas) he lied and flipped everything around to benefit his party.
Pres. Obama is using this familiar "Unity" strategy ("Keep your friends close and your enemies closer") to win.
Remember Pres. Obama is a Professional Politician without any real convictions.
His inexperience (18 months in Congress prior to his election) has been exposed in his inability to effectively govern our nation.
This is exactly why many, many American citizens are now suffering from Voters' Remorse.
He doesn't really care about helping other people as widely proclaimed on the campaign trail.
(Has anyone noticed he seems to care nothing at all about America's Middle Class, Low Income or Senior Citizens?
All he does is give them Food Stamps and Welfare as if that's all they are worth.)
Instead he ONLY cares about being in Control and Winning!
Apparently its more important for him to not offend Wall Street Bankers in order to keep those huge Campaign Donations rolling in, than assist citizens with keeping their homes from Foreclosures.
Pres. Obama will also throw ANYONE under the bus who gets in his way or disagrees with him.
If Republicans soften their edge or allow Pres. Obama to fool them into this fake Bi-Partisanship game, they will continue to lose.
Wake up Republicans!
If it looks like Bi-Partisanship but smells like a dirty "chicago politics" trick, believe me it probably is.
I caution Republicans not to abandon their Fiscal Conservative Principles and don't be fooled by wolves in sheep clothing or you will all be led astray to early political graves.
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Republicans Don't Need To Follow Obama's Script
The president has invited congressional Republicans to sit down and talk through health care at a big "bipartisan summit" on Feb. 25. Some think it's a little late for such a conversation. After all, the Democrats have built their health care palace from the ground up, using only Democratic labor and Democratic input; they just can't get it to pass inspection. So general contractor Obama invites Republicans to debate the blueprints, and just the blueprints. Oh, and he wants to debate them, not change them. Not really.
"The president doesn't think we should start over," White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer explained. President Barack Obama himself has said he's committed to the existing bill(s) in the House and Senate. He just wants to hash out ideas with Republicans, in front of TV cameras, at a much-hyped summit because he thinks it would be good for America, or something. The Republicans can get whatever fixtures they want in the guest bathroom. Beyond that, they should just co-sign ObamaCare and shut up.
The best you can say about the effort is that it fits into the White House's universal answer to all of its problems: "We just need to explain to these confused Americans how we've been right about everything." To that end, the White House wants to use Republicans as a skeptical prop-audience in one last infomercial for the ShamWow of ObamaCare.
The worst you can say is that it's a cynical trap, designed to make the GOP look out of touch, ill-informed and ideological. Indeed, there's a bipartisan consensus growing in Washington that the whole thing is a setup. Obama is going to say "nice doggie" to Republicans right up until the moment he smashes them with a rolled-up, 2,000-page health care bill.
Liberals like the idea because they want the Republicans to get brained. They believe the GOP either doesn't have real ideas on health care, or that conservative ideas won't go over well with voters. They hope that Obama the law professor and community organizer will expose all of this, forcing the American people to come to their senses and support legislation they've been hearing about nonstop for a year. Again, liberalism is never wrong, it just has a problem explaining to the mule-headed electorate it's right about everything. Liberalism is always one more tutorial away from sunshine and lollipops for everyone.
Even so, the GOP should go.
Boycotting the event, as some have recommended, would rightly be seen as a sign of cowardice. Although there's no reason why the GOP has to play to the White House's script. Republicans should be respectful and serious, but they should also designate one or two representatives to speak for them. That's what Democrats did when they designated then-Senator Obama as their sole voice in the White House meeting on the financial crisis in September 2008. Sen. John McCain had conceived that meeting as a grand showcase for his statesmanlike leadership. That didn't work out too well for McCain, and there's no reason to expect that Mr. Obama's plan is any more foolproof.
That's the great irony in this whole stunt. Since he took office, Mr. Obama has been trying to use Republicans as one kind of foil or another. He started by castigating them as mindless drones of Rush Limbaugh. When Republican leaders opposed Obama's hyper-partisan stimulus, the president chastised them. "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," he told them.
Then the White House and its supporters started casting the GOP - and the burgeoning tea party movement - as a Hieronymus Bosch scene of racists and gun nuts. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid compared opponents of ObamaCare to opponents of civil rights legislation. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flatly questioned the patriotism of anyone who objected to Mr. Obama's policies. And so on.
At every turn, Mr. Obama's agenda became less popular, his support among independents cratered, his promises to change the tone in Washington looked ever more transparent, and his magic spell over the press weakened. Gallup now has Mr. Obama in a statistical dead heat against a generic Republican opponent, and the Democratic Party is in near total freefall, despite the fact it still has almost total dominion over Washington.
Now the president has another brilliant plan. Once again he has Republicans exactly where he wants them. Only someone who thinks Mr. Obama is one explanation away from total victory should think the GOP has reason to worry.
Obama Says Bipartisanship, But What He Wants Is GOP Surrender
Unannounced, President Obama took to the lectern in the White House briefing room today to give a personal readout of his meeting earlier with congressional leaders of both parties.
"Despite the political posturing that often paralyzes this town, there are many issues upon which we can and should agree, he said.
It was more a plaintive plea than a political observation. His top legislative priorities are going nowhere and he's searching for a way to get them out of lockup.
In this 13th month of his presidency, he's anxious to pass a jobs bill and be seen addressing an unemployment rate that only last week declined from double digits. And his efforts to enact bills on energy, financial regulatory reform and especially health care are stuck in Congress despite the solid majority his party holds in both chambers.
He's appealing for a spirit of bipartisanship - urging Democrats and Republicans alike "to put aside matters of party for the good of the country."
It's a familiar refrain from U.S. presidents who can't get their way in Congress.
"We must put aside our political differences if we're ever to set our economy to rights," said President Reagan in 1982.
"It is time to put aside partisan rivalries and work together for our nation's future," said President Reagan in 1987 in trying to get Congress to enact deficit reduction
"We must put aside partisanship for the sake of our nation," said the first President Bush in 1990 in appealing for congressional cooperation on the budget.
"We must now put aside bitterness and rancor, move beyond partisanship," urged President Clinton in 1993 in trying to get Congress to pass his economic plan.
What these presidential appeals for bipartisanship always mean is: do it my way.
Mr. Obama said he "won't hesitate to embrace a good idea from my friends in the minority party." But he wants his way. He wants his energy policy enacted along with his jobs bill, his financial regulatory reform and his health care plan.
And if the opposition continues to block his objectives, he said he "won't hesitate to condemn what I consider to be obstinacy that's rooted not in substantive disagreement but in political expedience."
When a sitting president calls for bipartisanship by the opposition – he really means surrender. And if they block his proposals, its "obstinacy" and not political views they hold as strongly as he holds his.
Mr. Obama again said the American people are frustrated by the political stalemate in Congress. And he can be counted among the frustrated as well.
He wants to be seen calmly pursuing his legislative goals – and he told reporters today that his meeting with congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle went well. So well, in fact, he joked that the Senate leaders, Democrat Harry Reid and Republican Mitch McConnell had gone out to the South Lawn to make snow angels – together."
Sources: MSNBC, CBS News, Politico, NY Times, Baltimore Sun
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