Incoming GOP House not interested in jobs

by kos

Tue Nov 23, 2010 at 08:33:56 AM PST

Atrios made this point a week ago:

During exchanges on the twitter, it occurred to me that even Republican challengers didn't for the most part run on the bad economy/unemployment. They ran on issues more separate from peoples' lives (stimulus spending, deficit) and on being the great defenders of Medicare.

It was a surprising point, but one that rings true nonetheless. Republicans might argue that all the deficit hysteria was job-related, but only insofar as they've transferred blame for Wall Street's excesses onto the government for obvious ideological reasons. It turns out that Republicans really didn't run on creating jobs, but on demonizing government efforts to stimulate job growth (the stimulus, auto industry bailouts, TARP, etc). And by the time the votes were cast, even TARP -- a Bush initiative -- belonged to Obama.

So there is no real Republican mandate to create jobs, which is perhaps why they're starting to focus on irrelevant and loser bullshit like this:

As one of its first acts, the new Congress will consider denying citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants who are born in the United States.

Those children, who are now automatically granted citizenship at birth, will be one of the first targets of the Republican-led House when it convenes in January.

GOP Rep. Steve King of Iowa, the incoming chairman of the subcommittee that oversees immigration, is expected to push a bill that would deny "birthright citizenship" to such children.

Funny thing, here's what the voters are most concerned with:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/11/23/922566/-Incoming-GOP-House-not-interested-in-jobs

It is clear that their objective for the next two years is to make life suck economically. They will undermine Stimulus projects where they can, as has already been promised in WI, NJ, OH and FL in terms of rail projects.

Republican John Mica (FL), the incoming head of the House Transportation Committee, has already stated that he wants to redirect funds for high speed rail and has indicated the cancellation of half the project in his own state of Florida.

Bad economy = better chances for the Republicans in '12.

If they are really that stupid not to take on Chinese outsourcing, Chinese Superpowerism, Chinese poison products, they will get kicked out next term.

Come 2012, the low info voters, the majority, will blame the Dems and Obama, because the media will tell them to.