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How GOP will define itself in '10 campaigns
How GOP will define itself in '10 campaigns
Will voters see the GOP as the party of principled opposition to taxpayer bailouts of mismanaged companies? Or will it be the party that let General Motors and Chrysler die and allowed millions of jobs to vanish?
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Will Obama Be Able To Save Us From Depression-- Even With Lunatic Fringe Republicans Like Jim Bunning Screaming "Bring It On!"
DownWithTyranny! — ... Tom Curry at MSNBC took a stab at it by looking at the likely scenario for the reactionary party in 2010. He spoke with Democratic economist Rob Shapiro who explained that “GOP opposition to the bailout seems to embody the general Republican approach of ‘no matter how bad things are, you’re on your own.’ Even though the public may oppose this bailout, they are going to even more strongly oppose deterioration in the economy without a bailout... If the economy turns significantly worse after the failure of the auto companies, the public will blame it on those who helped create the ...

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