The GOP set out on a course to destroy, but what are they achieving?

[ProSense]

The GOP set out on a course to repeal the President's first two years and destroy the economy to assign blame

They've done a good job at obstructing and being assholes, but what have they accomplished?

Under Boehner, the House majority has a thin record of callous legislation that died in the Senate.

Proposed
(in alphabetical order)
Cut, Cap and Balance Act, H.R. 2560
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, H.R. 3
Protect Life Act, H.R. 358
Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, H.R. 2
FY 2011 Further Continuing Appropriations (through March 18), H.J.Res. 44

Boehner's disapproval rating has climb 16 points since April.

The teabaggers are unpopular.

The Republicans are operating on bluster and expecting no one to pay attention to the fact that they're failing miserably.




Edited for clarity.

[whosinpower]

1. It is going to bite them

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2011-08-08-poll-gallup-election_n.htm

Poll: Will anti-Congress mood cause another 'wave' election?

snip - Only 24% of those surveyed say most members of Congress deserve re-election, the lowest percentage since Gallup began asking the question in 1991. Fifty-six percent say their own representative deserves another term, similar to the levels just before tumultuous elections in 1994, 2006 and 2010 that changed control of the House or Senate.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. hopefully the republicans will be kicked out of office

[nevergiveup]

3. Watch Wisconsin tomorrow for clues.

[Tennessee Gal]

7. We already have a clue.

Remember what happened in the district in New York.

[OmahaBlueDog]

4. They want to destroy the Federal government's ability to borrow money

That was why the Tea Party did not want to support any budget compromise. They had nothing to gain by doing so.

They supported draconian cuts and a Balanced Budget Amendment that would shrink government 40-50%. They knew it wouldn't pass. The alternatives were deep cuts and a downgrade (which they got) or default (which they'd have prefered).

Default would have forced a de-facto balanced budget. This would have shrunken government by 40-50%, which is what they want.

What they get now is a government that may (or may not) be hamstrung in the capital markets.

My recommendation would be to repal the Bush tax cuts, and print money to make up the difference. Run "balanced budgets" and pay the foreign creditors back in inflated dolars. Meanwhile, as the dollar weakens, our exports and manufacturing become more attractive.

[Lint Head]

5. Milton Friedman and the Chicago Boys Shock Doctrine is doing it's thing folks.

Naomi Klein is a genius.

[cilla4progress]

6. I'm sorry - don't understand,

can you elaborate?

[ProSense]

8. Contrast this to

the first six months of the 111th Congress:

Enacted

January 29, 2009: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, Pub.L. 111-2
February 4, 2009: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (SCHIP), Pub.L. 111-3
February 17, 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Pub.L. 111-5
March 11, 2009: Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, Pub.L. 111-8
March 30, 2009: Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Pub.L. 111-11
April 21, 2009: Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, Pub.L. 111-13
May 20, 2009: Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, Pub.L. 111-21
May 20, 2009: Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009, Pub.L. 111-22
May 22, 2009: Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009, Pub.L. 111-23
May 22, 2009: Credit CARD Act of 2009, Pub.L. 111-24
June 22, 2009: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, as Division A of Pub.L. 111-31
June 24, 2009: Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009 including the Car Allowance Rebate System (Cash for Clunkers), Pub.L. 111-32

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