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To: Lane3 who wrote (17196)	4/22/2010 11:04:41 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 42652

>> They may have scored some points by preventing a greater takeover but exacerbated their mean-spirited image They're idiots. They totally mishandled the entire thing. Instead of getting the intellects out front -- like Ryan, they spent a full year with McConnell and Boehner -- two absolute dolts -- running the show.

To: Lane3 who wrote (17196)	4/22/2010 12:08:54 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

They may have scored some points by preventing a greater takeover but exacerbated their mean-spirited image. Its seems to me that with relatively few exceptions the only people who seem to be calling the Republican's mean spirited over this are the people who would never support Republicans anyway. The left sees the Republicans as mean spirited for fighting this, maybe the center-left too. The center-right, or even I think the center, not so much. Which isn't saying they couldn't have managed the opposition better, made better more consistent arguments etc., but that's the case for both sides, and often is in other situations as well. I doubt, though, that collaboration would have generated a better product or a better net image. I agree with you about that. They probably would have gotten a tiny shift in the bill at the expense of looking unprincipled, and of being less able to try to modify it or oppose similar actions in the future.