Watch House GOP This Week

[Pangloss]

I have a funny feeling that House GOP leadership is about to make some very serious and costly political mistakes. I could be wrong, and I'm no expert, but here is my reasoning:

 

1) They don't seem to know quite what to do about Tom Delay. Some of them seem to be aware that he's nothing but baggage at this point, with rapidly eroding support amongst the base. But he's very well entrenched, and more importantly, they THINK he's well entrenched (which is all that really matters). Lack of decision will begin over the coming week to have exactly the same impact as standing behind him.

 

2) The anti-filibuster proposal does not enjoy popular support. Today they started sniping with John McCain over it.

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050415-105858-6978r.htm

 

3) They're already on thin ice with the general public over Terry Schiavo.

 

4) They're *still* on thin ice from the rules changes that protected Tom Delay.

 

 

The reason why I think they have their collective heads in the sand is that they knew most of the above going into the Terri Schiavo business, but they did it anyway. If they were using their political noggins they would have realized that was a mistake. Hell, everyone in the country knew it BUT House GOP.

 

So watch this week and see what happens. It could be quite interesting.

[Sayonara]

You know, people can have picnics and be nice to each other without bringing god up every five seconds.

 

Not that any of that is related to the O/P.