In the latest attempt to seem relevant - the hail mary pass. They can't seem to come up with any ideas so they're causing a delay in the budget vote - forcing a stop gap measure so that the government doesn't shut down. Nothing says, I support the American people like threatening to shut down the government when the economy is tanking, the people are cheering the new administration's efforts at stimulus and on health care, etc. etc.
They're killing it with that 20% to 25% that will vote with them from hell to high water, but for the rest of the 75% to 80% of us that want things to keep moving forward - please old, tired GOP - GET OUT OF OUR WAY
It all started with Newt and Bobby Dole back in the 1990s. Hey, they said, let's shut down the Government- then they'll really hear us. What a great tactic. Newt is now marginalized as at best, a large footnote in history, Dole had an unsuccessful run at Clinton, so he's bit larger of a footnote - possibly augmented due to his ad run with Viagra, and the whole Contract With America - lead to arguably the worst President in modern history. They got their contract - and it was inhabited by George W Bush with Delay in the House and Lott and Frist in the Senate.
And, today thank God - that sh-t is out to pasture. Or is it? Because here comes John McCain and some other irrelevant old, tired GOP talkin' bout a shut down because of what - $8 Billion in pork spending, about 2% of the spending in the bill.
oh.. Touche'
Have they seen the forest out there? They're not even stuck in the trees - they're stuck in the weeds.