The esteemed Mr. Karl Rove wrote in a recent little piece in the Wall Street Journal that the 114th Congress could demonstrate that bipartisanship is still possible by building on Democrat support for legislation ranging from repairing some of the damage caused by Obamacare to providing greater access to charter schools. Look, I’m only going to go over this one more time, so Mr. Rove, if you could please pay attention. Republicans were NOT elected to be bipartisan, what they were elected to do was to prevent, to the greatest extent possible, Barry "Almighty" from doing any more damage to this country.
The veteran Republican strategist, fondly referred to by many, for some bizarre reason, as ‘The Architect’, argues that while some may ridicule the notion that the new Republican-controlled Congress can work in a bipartisan manner, the fact is that many of the bills passed by the outgoing GOP-led House had Democrat support. The measures never became law because of the maneuverings of Senate Democrat leader, ‘Dingy Harry’ Reid. So I’m assuming that Rove’s claim is based on the fact that with ‘Dingy’ no longer be in charge of the Senate things are likely to flow much smoother. For now let’s say that I’m keeping my expectations rather low.
Rove makes it very clear where it is that he stands by first acknowledging that the populist wings of both parties were fuming about passage of the unwieldy omnibus budget bill, and then he proceeds to write that now that spending is mostly set well into next year, the decks are cleared for Congress to return to what he calls, regular order. But the argument being put forward by many, including myself, is that the spending bill should have progressed no further than the end of next February. This farce of a deal that was passed, and that Rove seems to think was such a great thing, was really nothing more than a very nice Christmas gift for Barry.
Roves also makes the rather idiotic claim that both House Speaker John Boehner and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are now be committed to operating Congress "in regular order – that is, to have legislation travel the long, often complicated, and deliberative path through which the Constitution intended." Well, gee, that certainly makes me feel better, how about you? But like I’ve said, there is but one reason why I, and many others, chose to vote for Republicans and it had absolutely nothing to do with our desire to make sure that Congress would come to operate "in regular order."
Rove points out that in the 113th Congress, the House passed numerous bills with varying degrees of Democrat support. They included bills to expand access to charter schools, limit junk lawsuits over patents, expand energy exports and block taxes on the Internet. The incoming Congress will tackle assorted measures that present opportunities for bipartisanship, from the Keystone XL pipeline and corporate tax reform to ‘tweaking’ Obamacare, especially in how it defines full-time work. For me, priority number one should be the utilizing of the ‘power of the purse’ to the maximum extent possible to stop every aspect of Barry’s agenda!
Rove claims that it’s both parties that want to get Capitol Hill on track, but I’ve seen little that would indicate to me that Democrats desire anything of the sort. And yet, according to Rove, "Democrats have also grown weary of being treated as bystanders by the Obama administration. So if Republicans play their cards right, the next two years could see conservative solutions pass with large bipartisan majorities." He goes on to say, "This would constitute hope and change not because of Mr. Obama, but despite him." Democrats are not interested in conservative solutions, and it bothers them very little to be bystanders, as long as the agenda is advanced.
The bottom line here is that I’ve stopped listening to both Mr. Rove and that other know-nothing boob, Dick Morris, ever since the claims they so confidently made regarding the 2012 election turned out to be so completely and utterly wrong. In fact they could not have been MORE wrong! They now have zero credibility and should no longer be listened to by anybody, it’s just that simple. The next two years are going to be absolutely crucial if we are to have any hope in winning the White House. And if the Republicans are foolish enough to follow the advice of Rove they will put at risk everything, including their newly acquired control of Congress.
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