The McLaughlin Group: It's the "Professional Left's" Fault

Obama came into the WhiteHouse with Republicans not even on the ropes, but on the mat & unable to breath, after the 2008 election, but Obama & Emanuel gave them life support & let them rise again.



After just one month in the White House, instead of going after Republicans & finishing them off, instead of hammering BushCheneyGOP for our economic woes & wars of choice, Obama & RahmEmanuel went gunning for SarahPalin & RushLimbaugh, two people with no role in the RepublicanParty.



Obama & Emanuel have never mentioned MitchMcConnell, JohnBoehner, EricCanter, KarlR0ve, GeorgeW, H.W., JebBush, Cheney, NOBODY who is actually IN the RepublicanParty as the problem.



The Tea Party serves them in several ways. If they could choose any Republican to run against in 2012, it would be Palin, and elevating the Tea Party makes that more of a possibility.



It also lets Democrats keep a legislative agenda to the right of center. If the teabaggers are far rightwing, then everything to their left is ground the Democrats can claim (and that's a lot of ground).



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