Sunday, November 11, 2012

Can Republicans Adapt?

That's what Nicholas Kristof asks, and he does a good job of explaining the need to do so.  The input from some members of the conservative chattering class is not very encouraging.  In the case of Grover Norquist, it's downright delusional.  He apparently believes that (a) the election was a draw, despite the fact that Democratic votes outnumbered Republican ones and (b) Republicans win all ties.  I'd wish you good luck with that, Grover, but you don't deserve it, and neither do we.

Yes, it's possible for the GOP to fall back on gridlock.  However, it looks like Speaker Gerry Mander recognizes that he needs to change the way he operates.  Take a look.  It's just as well because, when it comes to the so-called "fiscal cliff," he and his colleagues are not in an enviable position.  Obama, as it turns out, is celebrating two victories--his re-election, and outmaneuvering his Congressional Republican counterparts.

The Republicans have a great many "facts" to unlearn, as Rachel Maddow illustrates.  Perhaps Bill Kristol can help; he, at least, seems to have gotten off to a good start.

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