GOP Pow-Wow: The Administration’s View

I just have to chuckle, Cantor is such a babe in the woods…I’m waiting for him to discover the knife in his home-schooled back.

I agree. This is a really great picture in that respect. It’s easy to forget how political power is so frequently interwoven with and articulated through physicality. Whether it is the popular high school kids all sitting at the same table in the cafeteria or Bush rubbing Merkel’s shoulders, physical interactions are crucial. And Obama here looks like he’s running a play that’s not going to risk another elbow to the mouth.

Perhaps it’s finally dawning on the Republicans that nobody’s riding to the rescue as they fight to save tax cuts for the wealthy. They’ll have to do this on their own, and it’s not a winner.

I like the comment over Cantor’s head – Now out! Obama seems to be telling him not to expect any help at all from the White House as he embarks on building up his bona fides with the Republican base. Kyl and O’Connell seem aware that Obama’s a tougher character than they’d anticipated. They are being thrown out, and they know it.

It’s time the Republicans embraced George Bush, or at least acknowledged kinship with him. Their strategy seems to depend on Democrats’ going along with their proposed subtext of looking to the future not to the past. Bush’s irresponsible governing from the gut led to disastrous choices, which the Republicans would like to disavow. Obama’s showing some backbone that they didn’t think he had. He tried bipartisanship; it didn’t work. Now they’re forced to sell their pencils on the street.

I’m going to enjoy this. After all this Republican bullshit, I deserve a chuckle.