GOP Infighting Is a Positive Development

davidlimbaugh.com ^ | 02/10/11 | david limbaugh

[lancer256]

While The New York Times is gloating over "turmoil" in the GOP House "ranks," internal disagreements over spending and other issues are a healthy development and should lead to more disciplined and aggressive action.

In his State of the Union speech, President Obama presented himself as a remade fiscal hawk, promising to freeze discretionary spending for five years. Conservatives immediately called him out on his disingenuousness. After greatly escalating baseline spending the past two years, his freeze pledge, especially when coupled with his gross inattention to the looming entitlement crisis, would just lock us onto our inexorable path to national bankruptcy.

In their pledge to the nation, Republicans promised, "With common-sense exceptions for seniors, veterans, and our troops, we will roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone."

So the stage was set for the new GOP congressional majority to make good on its promise to trim the budget back to pre-bailout levels. This was the Republicans' opportunity to build on the credibility they had richly earned in voting to repeal Obamacare.

[Paladin2]

Apparently the RINOs are resisting being sent to the back of the bus.

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[Lazlo in PA]

This is what the GOP dining hall looks like on any given day.

[Niuhuru]

They have to grow old and die sometime.

[Republic]

lol! How I would hate it if they operated like the democrats under pelosi and reid.

The lockstep made me sick. Liberals are such a fearful bunch of ninny waggers.

I want the republicans to be who they are and speak their own minds so that we know who to throw out next election cycle and who to support. :^}