It's a fascinating strategy to watch unfold, though.
1) Oppose whatever the Democrats are proposing
2) Sabotage all efforts for Democrats to champion proposal
3) Declare victory
4) Rinse, repeat
You can see that they're trying to set up for 2010, hoping to reclaim some seats in Congress. What will be interesting to see is if they'll succeed do to the anti-Obama backlash they've manufactured, or if they've struck too early, resulting in a backlash against the backlash come voting time
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