Republicans spent like drunken sailors and grew government at an unprecedented pace. To claim now they are all about small government and fiscal responsibility without apologizing for losing their minds and their way in the past will fall, ultimately, on deaf ears.

Tea Partiers are tired of the Republican Party double speak. A Tsunami may be coming, but it is likely to sweep both parties old style politicians out of office. Bad news for Mitch McConnel, John Boener and others.

But as Rahm’s Big Bang strategy unfolded (do everything at once, and very, very quickly), it began to take on the appearance of a Bridge Too Far. Their once invincible position is Congress now looks shaky and the administration’s poll numbers have taken an unprecedented drubbing. The president ran on a platform of change we can believe in but instead delivered the changes none of us wanted. Yet despite massive erosion in support, team Obama is acting like a tired wrestler, enduring the agony, determined to lock their grip and pin the opponent.

Ignoring the electorate is a very dangerous game, and one that has consequences. The Democratic Party are now running a very real risk of facing 2012 will a populist outcry to repeal the programs team Obama put in place.

Monkeysuit
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