But in addition to more jobs,
more Americans will be healthier thanks to Obamacare; fewer American soldiers
will be deployed in war zones after the 2014 Afghan withdrawal; and the economy
will receive a boost resulting from tax and economic policies that favor the
middle, instead of the upper class. All
this is set to occur unless -- like their "Obama
Take-Down" meeting held back in 2008 -- Republicans decide to meet again to
tweak their strategy of hard-partisan, no-compromise politics.
"Takers
and Makers"
It's impossible to take
seriously the accusation by his critics that it was Obama who was unable or unwilling to work cooperatively with
Congressional Republicans. Although few
would deny that bi-partisanship during Obama's first term was as apparitional
as Romney's tax returns, it was the GOP that played legislative stall-ball for
four years in pursuit of McConnell's goal.
Republicans mucked up the process with a record-shattering
number of filibusters and the Captain
Ahab-esque stubbornness of its lockstep opposition to every Administration
policy initiative earned the GOP a derisive nick-name: " The
Party of No."
But that was then. Now, after Obama's decisive victory, is the
GOP ready to make with the bi-partisanship?
Judging by his immediate post-election remarks, House Speaker John
Boehner seems to be prepared. "We're
ready to be led; we want you to succeed," he said.
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