President Obama and the Kumbaya Democrats will either learn someday how Republicans play politics, or they will have their heads handed to them again in 2012.
We found out today that Senate Republicans have all—every single one of them—signed a letter to Harry Reid, essentially explaining to him that they will filibuster any and all legislation that comes up, if Democrats don’t give millionaires and billionaires—a mostly Republican constituency—a whopping tax cut.
This comes just one day after Republicans agreed to a meeting with Democrats seeking a compromise on the tax cut issue. As the Bee Gees might sing, “the Democrats started a joke…but didn’t see that the joke was on them. Oh, no.”
Here’s what Harry Reid said about the Republicans:
With this letter they have simply put in writing the political strategy the Republicans have pursued this entire congress: Mainly, obstruct and delay, obstruct and delay action on critical matters, and then blame the Democrats for not addressing the needs of the American people. Very cynical but very obvious and very transparent.
Okay. He got the diagnosis right, now what will be the Democratic treatment for Republican bastardization of the political process?
How about another Slurpee summit? Or a bipartisan weenie roast at Camp David?
Democrats will supply the weenies.
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