The Republicans are feeling confident these days. The
slow-motion debacle of Obamacare promises to keep that albatross around the
necks of the Democrats at least through next year’s midterm elections. The IRS,
NSA, and Benghazi scandals are still simmering, and any day new information may
emerge that puts them back on the front page. Obama’s disapproval rating is at
53.4%, according to the RealClearPolitics
average of 11 polls. The Republican Party’s approval numbers are still lower
than Democrats’, but they are trending up while the Dems are moving down.
The recent budget deal passed in the House supposedly
augurs well for the Republicans as well. Many see the bipartisan agreement to
fund government spending for two years as a tactical victory that takes the bad
public relations of a government shutdown off the table, thus keeping the focus
on the Obamacare disaster. Growing more confident, the “establishment”
Republicans are marginalizing the Tea-Party “extremists” who generate so much
bad press for the GOP. Or as the Huffington Post gloated, House Speaker John
Boehner “was at least declaring war on the well-funded agitators” who “jumped the shark” by
opposing the deal…..To Read More……
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