The GOP’s slip is showing

There is whole lot more showing than just the slip of the GOP. The sad part about is that they have been showing us their colors all this time. Unfortunately, some in the media have been slow to call them out on their mess. So, they have continued with their games because they have been primarily been allowed to do so. Maybe now, we get something done in Congress. Of course, only time will tell if the GOP are serious about working for the American people.

Finally. After a year of artful camouflage and concealment, Republicans let us glimpse the rift between establishment pragmatists and Tea Party ideologues. There may be hope for the republic after all.

Forty Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), joined Democrats in voting for compromise legislation providing a two-month extension of unemployment benefits and the payroll tax cut. The bill passed 89 to 10, the kind of margin usually reserved for ceremonial resolutions in favor of motherhood. Senators clearly were confident that House approval would quickly follow.

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