Michelle Bachman: I want honest opinions

[Dark Sage]

Roy, just look at the facts.

In Wisconsin, one state where the GOP won a lot of ground, the people are calling for recall elections. That's how good they're doing now.

The GOP keeps asking "where are the jobs?" How many job-creation bills has the GOP-run House proposed? Zero. All they ever do is try to discredit the President and try to pin the blame for everything on him.

I swear, Roy, you just can't see the forest for the trees.

[Roy Karrde]

Roy, just look at the facts.

In Wisconsin, one state where the GOP won a lot of ground, the people are calling for recall elections. That's how good they're doing now.

Yes but that is also before redistricting has set in, something that some believe would make those recalls null and void as you shift the demographics in the districts being recalled. Not to mention look at the results, two school districts already are reporting major gains, including a ability to reduce the size of classes.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/politi...chool-district

The GOP keeps asking "where are the jobs?" How many job-creation bills has the GOP-run House proposed? Zero. All they ever do is try to discredit the President and try to pin the blame for everything on him.

Well if you havn't noticed we have had a little problem with the debt, and before that had a little bit of a problem with the budget being passed. Things might be a bit easier if we hadn't wasted over a trillion dollars in a failed stimulus.

[Dark Sage]

No, Roy, things would be easier if the GOPTP would be willing to accept a compromise.

[Roy Karrde]

No, Roy, things would be easier if the GOPTP would be willing to accept a compromise.

On what? Increasing taxes? Right now we have a stagnant economy, one that is not producing growth, and sure as hell is not producing jobs. Increasing taxes right now takes money out of the economy, in turn that takes money out of investments, and out of jobs.

But if you want cold hard facts, look at this, Obama right now has a approval rating between 44 and 42% one that is right now defying political gravity and is destined to drop like a stone as long as this economy continues to slug along. In the next election the Democrats are going to have far more seats to defend than the Republicans in the Senate, the Republicans have a very good opportunity to not only pick up a majority in the Senate, but the Presidency as well. And with redistricting, solidify their hold in the house.

[Dark Sage]

And what's the GOP's approval rating? Hmm? I want a link to a reliable source this time.

[Roy Karrde]

And what's the GOP's approval rating? Hmm? I want a link to a reliable source this time.

Does it matter? In terms of Presidential politics the Generic Republican is doing better than Obama. Both parties rating is in the tank, but the GOP is having to make some hard choices right now with the debt, and trying to keep this economy from going off a cliff in the future. Including reforming entitlements.

[Dark Sage]

But Roy, the thing is, none of the current Republican candidates is a "generic Republican". They're all a bunch of fools.

You really think the people are going to elect another candidate from Texas? This guy seems no better than the Bushes.

You may think that people have high opinions of the GOP, but since January, the blame against Mr. Obama on the news message boards has quickly been replaced by blame against the GOP. I've seen it myself. The insults against him have all but stopped, and the Tea Party fan clubs seem to have disbanded. People don't jump to blame Obama whenever there's a crisis anymore. They blame the GOP.

If you don't believe me, click on any news story about the debt crisis, and read the comments.