Implosion of the Got 0 Plans party

By GottaLaff

The Got 0 Plans party is imploding fast. I just read a piece over at Politico, and I'm going to post a few choice phrases and excerpts. Don't worry about context. You can always go read the whole thing here.

A thing to behold:

• Cantor and Ryan ultimately caved in, and what they got was the worst of both worlds: a thin, glossy “blueprint” that was ridiculed by Democrats and cable news anchors, and a nasty internecine scrap that culminated with one GOP aide telling POLITICO that Pence had thrown Ryan “under the bus” in an “egocentric rush” to grab the spotlight.
• ...internal squabbling that afflicted the party during the height of its power at the beginning of the Bush administration.
  
• “It was an unmitigated disaster. We’ve got to figure out why this happened — and fix things fast.”
• four-car pile-up
• the Boehner-Pence and Cantor-Ryan camps split publicly
  
• the ultimate “CYA” bill – shortly before Cantor, his No. 2, stood in the well of the House to cast his vote in favor of it.
• simmering tensions between aides to Cantor and Pence
• Democrats are clearly savoring the squabble.
  
• “Obama’s getting in their heads. They are totally obsessed with not being called the Party of No – and it’s forcing them to make mistakes.”

Was it good for you?

Signs Say Sarah Palin is in Deep Doo-Doo.

By GottaLaff

(Read the post that goes with this photo here)

Then, to find out why the above Grabby McEarmarks photo op is so appropriate, go here. It's excellent reading. Bloggy heaven.

Rachel Maddow - Who Is Leading The GOP?

Echoed here-

First Read: "So who runs the Republican Party? Apparently nobody. Perhaps the most startling political development was the amazing lack of leadership on the GOP side of the aisle. Let's run down the list of Republican leaders who attempted to persuade skeptical House Republicans: President Bush, John McCain, Dick Cheney, and John Boehner... Bush's leadership and trust issues within his party has been evidenced for quite some time, and the icing on the Bush legacy cake is that fact that he could only convince FOUR Texas House Republicans to support his bill.

I'm very concerned about the Republican Party. I'd hate to see them go the way of the Whigs or the Know-Nothings, and if they are going to be dominated by ideologues like Cantor they just might.