a) letting Iraq distract us from the original goal of catching Bin Laden and stabilizing Afghanistan, b) letting the economy go wonky, and c) having MANY of their members turn up in scandals of every color.
.333's a respectable batting average, and most of us Republicans would agree with you on C. A - a lot of folks don't think we've done ENOUGH in Iraq. As for B - what kind of statistics are you looking at that tell you the economy stinks? The unemployment rate is at 4%, inflation is effectively zero, and on Wall Street, the bulls are running again.
No, the GOP majority in Congress was elected to cut the Federal government, fight the war on terror (which included rebuilding the military), and fix taxes and Social Security. They completely failed on the first, did an okay job on the second (to the point where it really wasn't an issue for most folks this year) and did a half-ass job on the last one. I think Mike Pence is absolutely right - Congress lost its way and deserved to get spanked.
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.333's a respectable batting average, and most of us Republicans would agree with you on C. A - a lot of folks don't think we've done ENOUGH in Iraq. As for B - what kind of statistics are you looking at that tell you the economy stinks? The unemployment rate is at 4%, inflation is effectively zero, and on Wall Street, the bulls are running again.
No, the GOP majority in Congress was elected to cut the Federal government, fight the war on terror (which included rebuilding the military), and fix taxes and Social Security. They completely failed on the first, did an okay job on the second (to the point where it really wasn't an issue for most folks this year) and did a half-ass job on the last one. I think Mike Pence is absolutely right - Congress lost its way and deserved to get spanked.