Establishment GOP Bites the Hand That Feeds It

NewsMax ^ | Tuesday, 17 Dec 2013 10:13 AM | David Limbaugh

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Just when President Obama is on the ropes with Obamacare and the rest of his failed policies, scandals, and deceptions, the GOP seems determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory — a victory not just for the GOP, but also for the American people.

 

Instead of focusing on their common Democratic "enemy," Republicans are firing at one another. Let me try to unpack this a bit.

 

So-called establishment Republicans tend to believe tea partyers are uncompromising, impractical, overly aggressive kamikazes who are willing to destroy the nation just to make a point. Many tea partyers, in turn, believe there is little difference between the establishment wing and Obama Democrats.

 

I am on the side of the tea party in this intramural rivalry, but I think some important distinctions need to be made.

 

Neither establishment Republicans nor tea party conservatives are monolithic. There are some establishment Republicans who are conservative on policy but strongly believe tea partyers are making a huge and self-destructive tactical error in insisting on a hard-line approach, especially in their seeming willingness to allow the government to shut down.

 

Many of them truly believe they are just as conservative on policy as we tea partyers, but think we will never advance conservatism unless we soften our negotiating posture toward Democrats while they control the presidency and the Senate, because advancing conservatism is all about winning national elections.

 

But there are also many among the establishment wing who are by no stretch as conservative on policy as tea partyers. They have made their peace with a large, intrusive federal government and wouldn't roll back much of the New Deal or Great Society even if they had control of all three branches of government.

 

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the GOP seems determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory — a victory not just for the GOP, but also for the American people.

That's the thing. They want to snatch OUR victories, the American people's victories, and throw them into the jaws of defeat. The GOP works against the interests of the American people.

The Republicrats ride in the same limo with the Dumbocans. If the American people every do get a victory then the Republicrats and Dumbocans will have to start walking.

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