WaPo: GOP Doubts, Fears 'Post-Partisan' Obama

[DrFunkenstein]

Republicans in Washington view Obama's "post-partisan" political appeal with a mixture of skepticism and fear. They are skeptical, they say, because the first-term senator's thin record has shown virtually no sign of bipartisanship. They are fearful because his appeal just might work.

"It's clear he is a phenomenon," said Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), a conservative scrapper who revels in Washington's partisan warfare. "He will use style and grace to achieve liberal goals, which is absolutely politically brilliant but intellectually dishonest."

....

Beyond the partisan polls, Obama's appeal is clear, said Trent Lott, who retired last month as the Senate's second-ranking Republican to begin a career as a Washington lobbyist -- K Street being a favorite foil of Obama's when he talks about what's wrong with Washington.

Americans are tired of the bickering and want progress, Lott said. But he said Republicans are not about to concede to Obama's vision of progress, a vision they see as classically liberal: federally run health care, government-mandated energy changes and a rapid pullout from Iraq.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/06/AR2008010602402.html

[Amonester]

1. A vision we see as classically neocon: treasonous corruption at the highest

levels, war crimes used as "bad-news" diversion tactics, enriching the already 1% super-rich at the expense of the rest of US (can be called "looting the Treasury" till there's nothing left for generations as far as we can see), election fraud everywhere...

And their entire list goes on so long, that posting it here could take all remaining space on the server's drives...

Who cares what that criminal scm bag says?

[DU9598]

2. Excuse me ...

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), a conservative scrapper who revels in Washington's partisan warfare. "He will use style and grace to achieve liberal goals, which is absolutely politically brilliant but intellectually dishonest."

Isn't this the same GAY Rep. McHenry who is an anti-gay legislator, who uses hate against gays to get elected? Talk about 'intellectually dishonest' ... McHenry is morally dishonest since he uses the hatred against the GLBT community to gain political power while being a gay man himself.

[killbotfactory]

3. Check out the new Iowa numbers

They better be scared.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/7/14759/89209/963/432273

[Dhalgren]

4. So how is Obama gonna' do it? With most Republicans Leaders

fighting him tooth and nail, how does he "pull the country together"? The Republicans will do everything in their power to ruin him - not just during the election, but from now on, if he gets elected. The Republicans do not want reconciliation with Democrats; they want Democrats dead. How is Obama gonna' do it?

[Egnever]

6. The same way he did it in illinois.

The same way he is doing it in the senate. Thats why they fear him because he unites without giving up his position.

[Dhalgren]

8. What has he united in the Senate? I haven't seen anything

that could be said to be a healing of the rift in this country (honestly, I don't see how it is possible to)...

[Egnever]

9. cause you arent looking

Teamed with Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, Sen. Barack Obama has scored the biggest legislative victory of his Senate career on a bill to establish federal searchable databases of all government contracts, loans, grants and special-interest spending commonly known as pork.

Coburn of Oklahoma and Obama (D-Ill.) overcame the secret opposition of two powerful Senate veterans, Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), partly because Internet bloggers on the left and right tracked down and disclosed that first Stevens and then Byrd had stealthily put holds on the bill.

theres lots more here

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d109&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen+Obama++Barack))+01763))

[DrFunkenstein]

10. By Creating a Public Mandate And Putting the Fear of Losing Seats

In the bastards if they try to stop popular reforms to health care and energy independence.

[Egnever]

5. Wouldn't it be sweet if Obama or Edwards became president

And threw trent lott out on his lobbyist ass?

I would just roll if he quit only to be neutered.

[Dhalgren]

7. That would be seriously "suuuweet!"

[Arugula Latte]

11. The Republicans already have Post-Partisan Depression?

I suggest heavy medication for all of them.