Charm

So... I just saw this. It's roughly confirmation that the GOP intends to be as obstructionist as they can be for the next 2 years.

"We will lose on legislation. But we will win the message war every day, and every week, until November 2010," said Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., an outspoken conservative who has participated on the GOP message teams. "Our goal is to bring down approval numbers for [Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and for House Democrats. That will take repetition. This is a marathon, not a sprint."

I don't have the whole story... wish I did, cause it gets borderline Tinfoil hat. But let us also mention the irresponsible speech by many of the Members of the GOP, Saying "Fire and brimstone" things, trying to panic the populace.

I also heard mention that the GOP knows that the last thing we want to do is let a large institution fail, or not spend stimulus dollars to get the economy going.

but as tragic game theory, they can stand in the way, knowing that they won't actually stop it. And knowing that they then won't be held accountable to possible problems down the road.

Of course they could just be crazy as a shithouse rat.