[Pikamax]

So this is the whole snatch victory from the jaws of defeat bit. Look for the sake of actually being in power, the GOP cannot under any logical, rational circumstances just shut down spending without damage to the cause.

You are dealing with 40+ years of social rearing by the demos who have grown up at least 2 generations of a population that expects the government to provide for them in some way. You have to slowly take them off that behavior.


Medicare is something that is pushed and loved by the older generation, the best you can do at this time is to slow down the growth while working behind the scenes to roll it back, the same for child education, thats another loser issue if you just slash and burn in one swoop that can come back to haunt the GOP, that has to be slowly taken away.

This is politics, I have gotten far more from the GOP(tax cuts, enviro wacko laws roll back for example) that I realize the GOP has to pick and join when to move the agenda than just lose the advantage to make some in the party totally happy. This is not just a 4 year fight, this is going to be ongoing decades long fight.

[Pikamax]

"So this is the whole snatch victory from the jaws of defeat bit"

of course I had to screw up the opening line..grrrrrr

"...defeat from the jaws of victory."

[raybbr]

The GOP is doing some things right. I wish they would toot their own horn once in awhile. Loudly.

[SoothingDave]

Medicare is something that is pushed and loved by the older generation, the best you can do at this time is to slow down the growth while working behind the scenes to roll it back

You think gleefully voting for a new unfettered prescription drug entitlement for all is an example of "slowing down the growth"?

SD

[ksen]

You are dealing with 40+ years of social rearing by the demos who have grown up at least 2 generations of a population that expects the government to provide for them in some way. You have to slowly take them off that behavior.

Well, the Republicans have been in power for 10 years now so is a 25% rollback too much to ask?