The Party of No

In this mediocre column, we see why John Boehner and the Republicans are failing America:

"For Boehner, being called the "Party of No" isn't a regrettable invective. It is a strategy aimed at highlighting the contrast between those running things and those who want to run things."

Yo! Minority leader! Democrats don't "run things." Congress runs things. It isn't about what the Democrats are doing or what you're doing -- it's about what everybody's doing.
This kind of thinking is exactly why Congress is broken, not because people don't kiss ass as much as Boehner would like.

Second:

"Boehner is reluctant to speculate about November when 100 seats will be in play. If thign should go bump on election night -- and should Boehner replace Pelosi as speaker -- expect to see lots of blood on the floor. First to get the hatchet would be health-care reform, which Republicans would seek to replace with "common sense" measures to reduce insurance costs and secure jobs. Other priorities would include line-by-line budget cuts, entitlemetn reform, and restoration of the integrity of the House."

The last one pains me, it really does.
Also, who in the hell does Boehner think he is? Some kind of legislative Superman? The Democrats barely managed to get HCR reform passed with a supermajority and the President. Is he arrogant -- and delusional -- enough to think his party can get it repealed with a regular ole' majority and over an inevitable veto?
Besides? Is he really going to bring that painful issue up again before presidential elections happen?

Also, I physically cringe at the return of the ignoble "common sense measures," as used in the HCR debate. The audacity of saying there is a "common sense" solution to something as vast and complicated as health care is sickening.

I have no love for the Democrats, but I'm really starting to hope they keep the majority. Because this pre-emptive bragging the Republicans have been doing for months already is really, really getting old.