Comments on: The Daily Banter Mail Bag Predicts Stuff for 2013 https://www.bobcesca.com/the-daily-banter-mail-bag-predicts-stuff-for-2013/ We Cover The World Sat, 29 Dec 2012 03:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 By: D_C_Wilson https://www.bobcesca.com/the-daily-banter-mail-bag-predicts-stuff-for-2013/#comment-40367 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 03:04:00 +0000 https://www.bobcesca.com/?p=36233#comment-40367 I think Chez may be a bit optimistic in thinking that the fiscal cliff will teach the republicans a lesson. The polls may show that a majority of Americans will blame the republicans for it, but I doubt they care what the polls say. We’ve already seen evidence that they don’t believe in polls any more.

Losing the presidential race didn’t teach them a lesson. They’re going to have to pay a much bigger price at the ballot box before they learn any lesson. That’s going to be hard. Most republicans in Congress are more worried about facing a primary challenger than they are losing the general election. Even if we go over the cliff, I think most republicans are betting on:

1) The American people forgetting about who was to blame by the time the 2014 elections roll around.

2) Gerrymandering.

3) Low mid-term turnout.

Until the mid-term elections, I expect the GOP to double-down on the crazy, no matter if (when) we go over the cliff and what kind of deal is ultimately brokered. And unless they pay a big price in 2014, they still won’t bend.

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