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Johnny, a few weeks ago the independents swung big time to the Republicans, and a big reason was the looming tax increase. As Obama used to say 2 years ago, "elections have consequences" (funny he hasn't said that in the last few weeks).
If the GOP makes it clear that avoiding tax increases is the top priority right now, I don't think that's alienating independents. Rather, it's doing precisely what the independents elected them to do...to stop the runaway taxing and spending.
Here's some more critical thinking. During the second half of Bush's tenure, the Democrats didn't just roll over and agree to everything he wanted to do. Yet not once did I ever hear anyone refer to the Democratic party as "obstructionist". What I heard was liberals saying that "dissent is the highest form of patriotism". Now that there's a liberal in the white house, dissent is labeled as "obstructionist", or more commonly, as racist.
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