Republican leader, John Boehner, has already expressed his plan to repeal the health care law. Today, Boehner announced his plan to repeal Wall Street reform law, if it passes (see TPMDC). Boehner and his Republican Party of "NO!" have nothing to offer Americans except to undo any progress that we've made. Boehner, who hopes to be Speaker of the House if the Republicans regain control of the House, seems hell-bent on creating chaos and disaster. Just a few weeks ago Boehner said we should cut Social Security so that we can pay for the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars (see ProgressOhio). Is Boehner spending too much time in the sun/tanning bed? Has he lost all common sense?
Boehner, Sen. Mitch McConnell, and other Republicans want to have more tax cuts. Obviously, they still refuse to understand the fact that our financial problems started with the Bush tax cuts and two wars.
A new Time Poll has this:
....The survey contained a batch of good news for both the President and Congressional Democrats, however. Asked to assign blame for the balky economy, 61% point to the Bush Administration, while 27% fault Obama. The President notched a favorable 31%-26% split between voters who believe his economic policies have helped and those who think they hurt, while nearly 80% believe the economy is stable or heading in the right direction. And despite the economic upheaval and political acrimony that have marked his term thus far, voters aren't pining for Obama's predecessor; they tapped Obama over George W. Bush by a 53%-33% margin. Nor are they convinced that Sarah Palin is up to the challenges of the Oval Office. Obama clobbered Palin, 55%-34%, in a hypothetical 2012 matchup that should have Democrats salivating....
Even a majority of the American people blame Bush for the economic mess.