Progressives should read Dana Milbank’s piece in the Washington Post today and really ruminate on what it means. The piece amounts to nothing more than a taunting of the president of the United States. The Republicans have the power to deny the president any money to jump start the economy. They have exercised that power. Even more, they have used all their energy to try take money out of the economy, in an effort to stall a weak recovery. In this, they have been only modestly successful. Nonetheless, they’ve destroyed confidence in our government and even harmed our credit rating. Then they went on vacation, leaving the president holding the bag.
This is the plan. They want to destroy the economy, make the president look powerless, and suggest that somehow their tired and discredited ideas can fix the problem. Whatever you do, please don’t help the Republicans make their case.
