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Will the Republicans have the wits to run with this? Will they have the guts to actually do it? I wish I was more confident...

I am with you. Unfortunately, the Republicans have not shown a lot of political courage. The last time they did was when Newt Gingrich was in town, and even then they caved rather than continue to let the drive by media savage them for confronting BJ Clinton about the budget.

They need to take a lesson from Gov. Chris Christie of NJ. He has taken on the media, the teachers, the public employees unions, and the Democrats. Spending is out of control, and he told the unions to go to hell. Property taxes have increased by 70% in nine years so that the teachers and public employees could get huge salary increases, while contributing ZERO to their own health care plans.

He vetoed another "Millionaires tax" increase proposal this week. The Demoncrats wanted it so they could potentially funnel billions more to the teachers union in pay, but Christie told them NJ has already lost $70 Billion over the last four years with higher income residents fleeing the state. Christie was on the news last night for a live broadcast on local PBS. The liberal media clown tried to intimidate him, and Christie body slammed the reporter. He told them the public employee unions were the school yard bully, not him. He simply punched the bully back, and now the bully is crying and complaining. The liberal media clown then tried to tell him he was "hurting" children, and Christie told him he wasn't hurting anyone - the unions are greedy.

The Republicans (should they gain the House) need to completely shut down the budget process until ObamaCare is repealed. Period. Dot.

If they don't do that, they will have lost that window of opportunity - - forever.

They need to take a lesson from Gov. Chris Christie of NJ.

For several years now, I've been wanting electoral Republicans to take a confrontational approach to the media. Meaning:

1. Don't be afraid of them. Never pander to them.
2. Firmly take issue with them when they're out of line
3. Make fun of their bias when it's exposed.

So far, Christie seems the only one who's recognized how to deal with them.

The fact of the matter is a.) Republicans will never be able to neutralize the media -- much less make them allies (are you listening John McCain?) and b.) the alternative media now provides them with a channel that will actually root for them in media confrontations. It's what we want to hear.

Polls indicate that the journalism profession is held in even less repute than the legal profession -- or politicians. And even the moderate/independents recognize that the press has an agenda. How can a Republican lose in this environment...unless they curl up like an armadillo?