#rsrh Clive Crook is required to pretend House went GOP in ’08…

…because it’s pretty much the only way that he can even to get away with his numerous critiques of the GOP in this article of his bemoaning Obama’s chances in November.  Reality was: from 2009 to 2011 the Democratic party was in a position to pass… oh, about 90% of what they wanted.  For a non-trivial amount of that time they were in a position to pass 100% of what they wanted.  They decided to spend that capital passing a ‘stimulus’ that didn’t work, a health care rationing system (which also won’t work) that started out being unpopular and keeps getting more unpopular as time goes on; and trying to pass a massive energy tax program based on, ah, somewhat controversial scientific theories.  I fully cop to the GOP being obstructionist on that one, and thank God for that.  The last thing we need right now is gas prices being even higher. Continue reading #rsrh Clive Crook is required to pretend House went GOP in ’08…