Republicans Now the Party of Un-governing

Mitch McConnell signs on, so now the official line from Republicans is "Repeal and Replace."

"I can tell you with the campaign that will continue with the American people, I think the slogan will be 'Repeal and Replace,'" McConnell told reporters after a weekly lunch with fellow members of the GOP Conference.

McConnell is the first member of GOP leadership to hint at embracing a repeal move. Other GOPers have been hesitant to support such a move, worrying Dems will tag them for opposing the more popular parts of the bill, and several members of House leadership have suggested a partial repeal while keeping some more popular sections of the bill intact.

That makes them officially the Party of No, but more than that, they're now not just the party incapable of governing, they're the party of un-governing. If they can't stop government from taking action, they'll work actively to undo whatever action manages to happen despite them. Crazy.

It's all they go, and it's already proving to be a losing strategy. Now that it's passed, a healthy majority of Americans like the bill. The big moneybags behind the fight against the bill are taking a pass on funding the repeal fight.

True to form, the first amendments offered today were from Vitter, "To repeal the government takeover of health care." The second, "Prohibiting use of funds to fund ACORN."

By all means GOP, go all in on this repeal fight. When it's all you got, it's all you got.