[lbo-talk] so much for post-partisanship

[Bill Quimby]

On the other hand, things have gone so well for Obama (riding such a high -
people standing up for ME?) that it may be a bit of a shock to run up to,
face to face, balls to the wall, this traditional Republican obstinance and
destroy-all-government philosophy. I doubt if Obama will cave (although
there are already indications that he may cave on some "unimportant"
issues like more money for family planning agencies.) Still, running into
brick walls at full speed always causes one to reflect.

Bye-the-bye on Republican destroy government philosophy, Ohio is
expecting billion dollar shortfalls in the budget, so the radio reports that
some Republican state senator has recommended cutting the number of
State agencies (NOT the personnel - the agencies themselves!) by 50%.

- Bill

Michael Pollak wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
>> <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18024.html>
>>
>> Boehner to GOP: Vote against stimulus
>> By: Patrick O'Connor and Jonathan Martin
>> January 27, 2009 11:46 AM EST
>>
>> [Wonder if BHO will keep wooing these folks....]
> 
> There might be some political payoff to having wooed them so publicly 
> and assiduously (and getting them to say in public that never before has 
> any Democrat gone so far in reaching out to them) before voting against 
> them party line.  Maybe this won't turn out to be an entirely 
> soft-headed strategy in the end.  Maybe this unity talk has more guile 
> in it than it's been given credit for.
> 
> Michael
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