[okie01]

Control of the House is 1/3 of the pie. The only other option is to shut down the government, terrify seniors, watch Wall Street go crazy, and generally serve our political heads to Obama on a silver platter - something that will result in our evisceration at the polls in 2012 and four more years of Obama with strengthened/newfound majorities. Not a winning strategy.

I fear what this debt ceiling affair (along with the CR charade) proves is that the GOP House isn't capable of winning any battles and actually moving the ball forward.

Consequently, it might be best if we simply go on defense and concentrate on stopping everything the President and Democrat Senate try to do.

[americanophile]

Divided government allows you to stop an agenda. We’ve done that already. Reversing one, which is what everyone here wants to see, takes control of the entire government. We had our shot under Bush and blew it; we need to work on earning another in 2012. Only then can we hope to turn America around.