As the national media swoons over a Tea Party ‘loss’, it begs the question.
The Democrats own the Senate and the White House. No bill passed by a House GOP would ever get through the Senate unless some lock-step Democrats broke ranks.
Solving a gov’t shutdown and debt ceiling, Democrats claim ‘victory’, yet, controlling the legislative channel to the White House, they knew the outcome was inevitable.
That said, how can a case be made that conservative Republicans ‘lost’ anything?
Focus grew on Democrat Congressmen exempting themselves from O’care, and that Obama gave exemptions and delays to every interest group but American citizens.
It became apparent that Obama actually wanted to inflict pain during the shutdown.
And even bogus ‘outlier’ polls revealed the Democrat agenda was taking a beating.
Which means the week’s ‘GOP-loser’ stories are meant more to demoralize and deflate the Tea Party loyalists, than to narrate a real analysis of the debt/funding negotiations.
The real test for winners & losers will be the midterm elections Nov 2014.
Up to then, it’s all about political skirmishes and positioning. And, with national media in the Democrat corner, Republicans must be creative in getting their message heard.
In our opinion, the GOP rolled Democrats, by getting them to buy ‘temporary’ deals.
For any election, communication is key; the Republicans have few tools to get media attention. Temporary deals constantly need negotiation, giving them a great ‘tool’.
Expect more ‘2-month solutions’ for debt-ceiling and gov’t funding negotiations, which is the only way the GOP can get their policies any media attention for the next 12 months.
Thanks to conservative Congressmen, looks like the Democrats lost more in this deal.
With 4 to 6 more messaging ‘opportunities’, the GOP position must be effectively honed to maximize each and every national dialogue before the November 2014 elections.
There’s another reason to be hopeful…
Democrats attack those they fear most.
Good news is, the Tea Party welcomes the fight.