State of the Union, State of the Presidency
by Ross Douthat
JAN 21 11:08 AM
http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/state-of-the-union-state-of-the-presidency/?comments#permid=13893566
This post is interesting not for its substance - there is none - but for the very clear indication that even Mr. Douthat seems to have given up on the Republican Party. Although there is still some gloating over the resounding mid-term victory - understandibly - Mr. Douthat concedes that the GOP has virtually no cohesive policy agenda on any of the issues facing the country. He acknowledges, for example, that after almost two decades of Middle Class decline, the GOP has no descernable policy in that area - the luke-warm proposals by his hero, Lee, notwithstanding.
The GOP response to the State of the Union really showed that they are still in the "repeal ObamaCare" mode, and the focus on "Keystone Jobs Program" as a solution to the Middle Class dilemma is quite pathetic.
The GOP victory in the mid-terms was, in my view, the result of disenchantment with Democrats and Obama (much of which I share) and NOT the result of a convincing policy alternative by the GOP. If they do not manage to extricate themselves from the persistant image as "the party of NO", there will be a huge backlash in 2016.
The GOP response to the State of the Union really showed that they are still in the "repeal ObamaCare" mode, and the focus on "Keystone Jobs Program" as a solution to the Middle Class dilemma is quite pathetic.
The GOP victory in the mid-terms was, in my view, the result of disenchantment with Democrats and Obama (much of which I share) and NOT the result of a convincing policy alternative by the GOP. If they do not manage to extricate themselves from the persistant image as "the party of NO", there will be a huge backlash in 2016.
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