Of course it's sabotage. Anyone who is still arguing that it's not is either lying to you or, worse, they are deceiving themselves. Yglesias shines the light:
"Marin Cogan and Jake Sherman have done the only reporting that really needs to be done on the prospects for major legislation aimed at creating jobs, or doing anything else:
"Obama is on the ropes; why do we appear ready to hand him a win?" said one senior House Republican aide who requested anonymity to discuss the matter freely.Public policy is not a zero-sum competition between “Republican ideas” and “Democratic ideas,” but electoral competition is a zero-sum battle for office. In a paradigm where the passage of major legislation counts as a “win” for President Obama then anyone who wants to see President Obama go down to defeat, then no major legislation can pass on a bipartisan basis. This is exactly the problem the White House had in trying to overcome GOP filibusters during the 111th Congress and the main problem they face in trying to reach bipartisan accords with the Republican-led House of Representatives in the 112th Congress. This is the fundamental reality of American politics today, but far too few people put it at the center of their accounts of what’s happening."
This is the wealthiest federal legislature per capita since the late 1930s. I think that is becoming a serious issue. Let's face it, in the short term the worst that can actually happen to them is that they spend a few years slightly less rich. I think it is ironic for a party that continues to demonize the poor for not "having skin in the game" to have so little skin in the game.
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