Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Don't Blame Me---I didn't vote for these GOPers!

* The new redistricting boundaries drawn by Ohio Republicans has received a lot of negative attention from non-partisan groups and others interested in fair elections.

DaytonDailyNews:

Montgomery and Greene counties are part of one of just three “competitive” U.S. House districts created by the new congressional map signed into law last week by Gov. John Kasich, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting...

....The other districts all had majority part indexes higher than 55 percent. Twelve districts favor Republicans and four favor Democrats.


Dan Tokaji, a professor at the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, called the map a “disgrace to our democracy” because of political gerrymandering....

Considering recent Republican behavior in the state and nationally, Republicans just don't seem to care about average citizens, working people, the poor, students, and the elderly. Republicans have demonstrated they will go to any lengths, lie, and smear their opponents, just to win.  When Republicans win elections, they seem incapable and uninterested in doing anything that helps the majority of people.  All you have to do is look at the actions of the House Republicans and their refusal to continue tax cuts for average Americans.

In a related story.......

ChicagoTribune:

In Congress' tense drama over how to extend payroll tax cuts for 160 million Americans, it may be the most intriguing subplot: whether Republican House Speaker John Boehner is losing his grip on members of his own party.

Boehner and many Republicans
scoff at the idea.

But the House's rejection on Tuesday of a bipartisan Senate
plan to extend the tax cuts for two months has raised questions about Boehner's efforts to lead compromise-resistant House Republicans who have helped ratchet up the tension in Congress......

Just a few days before the screw up in the House, Boehner appeared to be willing to go forward with the deal from the Senate.  Then the Tea Party Republicans, like spoiled children, demanded that Boehner refuse the compromise.  Apparently, Boehner is being pulled around by his nose by the most junior members of his caucus---the Tea Party Republicans.  Boehner is not providing leadership.  Under Nancy Pelosi, things got done in the House.  Now with Boehner----not so much.