Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Hoyer Blames GOP "obstructionism" for Voter Angst

This has to be the most clueless, out-of-touch pronouncement I have read in a long time.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday said that angst voters have expressed early this election year is the result of GOP obstructionism, not the Democrats agenda.

Hoyer's remarks come as Republican state Sen. Scott Brown has surged in the Massachusetts special Senate election in part due to his pledge to be the GOP's 41st vote to filibuster healthcare reform legislation.

"I think what the public is angry about is they see, first of all, an opposition for opposition's sake," Hoyer told reporters.

What can the GOP do to "obstruct" a 60 vote super-majority? They can only suggest things and the Dems can pass whatever they want to. It is Democratic "obstructionism" on abortion that is stalling ObamaCare. Also all those back-room deals and bailouts to unions is what is getting people angry.

I think the 8% unemployment promise if the failed stimulus is passed by Obama when the current unemployment is 10% is extremely damaging as well. It shows that they don't know how to fix a problem even if they got a trillion dollars to do it with.

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