Republican politicians lie and are ignorant. It's a daily, provable event....

"Republicans are angry because they're ignorant?"

Actually that's Republicans in a nutshell.

Republicans are angry because they're ignorant?

Republican voters generally are angry at the Obama administration because they're ignorant.

If they were not ignorant, they be enraged by Bush/Ceney/McCain/Palin and grateful to Clinton/Gore/Obama/Biden.

All the rage we saw at teabagging parties was either manufactured by corporate lobbyist, misdirected by followers of Gleenbaugh, or just flat out kill the nigger who dares to be president hatred.

Yawn.....

Our corporate media has already spoken on this topic this morning. Scarborough over on the Today Show said this confab with Republicans doesn't hurt Republicans. Period.

Oh, and the show also graced the public with Palin TEA convention highlights. Scarborough also had something to say about that. Palin has tapped into the primary undercurrent in this country and is now the standard bearer for potential Republican presidential candidates.

I hope he's right. about that last part.

With respect to the above post: There is no undercurrent in this country that isn't manufactured by the corporations and their parrots. Palin has tapped into nothing but "look at the hot cocktail waitress who people are talking about." As you listen to her, you can feel yourself becoming stupid. Those who listen to her as a standard bearer are already there....

Republicans are angry because they're ignorant?

Close but not quite. They're angry because they're ignorant southern morons who are outraged that a "Ni-i-i-i-i-i..." is President instead of another southern traitor.

They know and could not care less. They're throwing shit against the wall, and seeing what sticks.

The first followup question for nearly all these announcements should "You didn't have any of these objections five years ago -- why is that?"

I don't care about Palin, nor about the Republican congressional leaders or right wing talk show idiots, but I think it was a huge blunder to put this guy in the civilian system.

This is exactly why the House should simply do it now: put the Senate version into law while at the same time passing a bill with the amendments it wants the Senate to pass via majority reconciliation vote. Action, victory, sends a message: even though it's impossible now to govern effectively, and the Republicans have adopted a strategy to prevent governance by obstructing everything, Democrats have the strength and conviction to get it done anyway. Meanwhile, Pelosi will look gutsy by forcing the Senate and Obama to more or less agree to the popular changes the House majority wants.

Ramrodding the right thing through all barriers with zero bipartisan support is exactly the ticket for finally looking strong again. The fact that it has no bipartisan support is actually the key to Democratic success. Republicans in the long run -- and yes, 9 months is the long run here -- will pay a horrible price for their coordinated refusal to help the American people on this critical matter.

Virtually all opposition from both sides comes from lack of understanding of what the Senate bill actually does. Even though the administration should have been doing it all along -- and for some strange reason they have undertaken exactly zero educational effort, backed by a media that has done less-than-nothing by perpetrating myths with no actual information -- that will change dramatically over the next nine months. A single 10 minute segment of a national address by the President focused on making sure people understand what is in the bill and why, and what is not in the bill and why, will in one swoop move the favorables up 10 points. It is the best chance of some recovery for Democrats if unemployment does not drop well below 8%.

Waiting to try for one more round of seeking bipartisan support, even if it is a clever strategem to make the Republicans look bad still more, is showing weakness. It makes it look like David Broder is dictating how the administration must behave, and what could be weaker than that? Why can't the Obama team get that? That Beltway Bubble that makes Broder seem omnipotent inside it must be made of very thick plastic. Independents don't want Broder-speak, they want to see action!