I Don't Believe In Kicking Dead Horses, But...

In case there was any doubt that the Republican Party has run out of ideas, look no further than their method of defense. Listening to their arguments against health care reform and government's two-percent share in the economy, its obvious that they're retreating to Reagan-era philosophies. Expect to hear cries of "state socialism" for the remainder of this year and perhaps up through 2012. Though they have every right to be on the defensive, it's not going to do them any good. Post-partisan political theories aside, President Obama (and the Democratic Party overall) is profoundly lucky to have inherited this current crisis. Right now, it's glaringly obvious that nothing is working. Therefore, any idea the Obama administration has for fixing something sounds good to the public. Ultimately, that 80-percent approval rating of his has less to do with the good things he's done (it's too early for us to have seen results) and instead amounts to a wide-scale national opinion of "Sure, give it a shot!" Each time that small group of (admittedly boisterous) Republicans cries wolf at any of Obama's plans for reform pushes the party further and further into an isolated position and diminishes their political capital. When the majority of Americans are agreeing that something needs to be done and done quickly, any Republican argument against it is proof that they are only looking out for the best interest of the party, not the American people.