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Or are we just separated at birth?

This G.O.P., a largely white Southern male party with talking points instead of ideas and talking heads instead of leaders, is not unlike those “zombie banks” that we’re being asked to bail out. It is in too much denial to acknowledge its own insolvency and toxic assets….

Republicans will also be judged by the voters. If they want to obstruct and filibuster while the economy is in free fall, the president should call their bluff and let them go at it. In the first four years after F.D.R. took over from Hoover, the already decimated ranks of Republicans in Congress fell from 36 to 16 in the Senate and from 117 to 88 in the House. The G.O.P. is so insistent that the New Deal was a mirage it may well have convinced itself that its own sorry record back then didn’t happen either.

I do believe I have been saying for some time that Barack Obama is a master at making his opposition do his work for him, while they think they are helping themselves.  

On Rich’s last note…looking at Ohio Republicans who we can target in 2010, I am increasingly irritated that we cannot figure out how to field a strong Dem against Steve LaTourrette in OH-14.  Of all the remaining Republicans in Congress from Ohio, LaTourette’s district is the most Dem friendly.  Sure, the GOP could still have total free fall in Ohio that would sweep out some safe seats, but OH-14 should be a target.