GOP Scrambles

This is an article by Jason Edwards

The GOP is scrambling around to pick up the broken pieces of the last 8 years. It seems to me they are taking queues for the Obama administration. They are using the internet to reach out to the American people, to see what is on their mind, and to answer their questions. This is a step in the right direction for the GOP. During the last 8 years they have shut themselves off from the outside world ( at least President Bush did). They need to reconnect with the American people to gain some ground on the Democrats. Right now the democrats have the people's attention. The Republicans are not only saying, NO, but are coming out with their own proposals. Lets just rehash some of the things they proposed. The proposed tax cuts (which is nothing new, even though I do agree that our businesses need to have a lower capital gains tax, we have the highest), a 5 year spending freeze on all programs not military, and health care reform. Is the GOP serious, a 5 year spending freeze in an economic recession? Not one economist ,left or right agrees with the GOP on that idea. Now on health care reform I have to say they have some good ideas. I believe that GOP and Democrats need to come together in a bipartisan effort to create health care reform. The democrats should not just take it to a reconciliation vote (Democrats would only need 51 votes). I believe that people would start listening to the GOP more if their ideas started to make logical sense. Over this past weekend somebody said to me, "so what is a liberal", and before I could answer they said, "common sense". I am not the only one that is thinking this way!

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