Who Cares?

Commentary By Ron Beasley

McCain won't vote for stimulus as it stands now.

Sen. John McCain, Obama's opponent in the November presidential contest, said he did not believe the stimulus package did enough to create jobs.

"There have to be major rewrites if we want to stimulate the economy... . As it stands now I can't vote for it," McCain said on Fox television.

Who Cares?  John McCain ran on more Republican tax cuts - he lost.  He is irrelevant and it's OK to ignore him.

Republicans Are Resistant to Obama’s Stimulus Plan.

Republicans plan to test President Barack Obama’s commitment to bipartisanship as his $825 billion stimulus package heads to the floor of the House of Representatives this week, with the House Republican leader saying Sunday morning that many in his party will vote no unless there are significant changes to the plan.

Who Cares?  The Republicans ran on more of the same insane Reagan/Bush economic policy and they lost and it's OK to ignore them.  They are irrelevant.

This is why:

Economy in free fall in fourth quarter

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. economy contracted violently in the fourth quarter, with gross domestic product falling at its fastest pace in more than 25 years, economists said ahead of what promises to be a grim week of economic news.

 "Real economic activity fell off a cliff during the fourth quarter, producing a sharp drop in employment, output and spending," wrote economists at Wachovia.

 And the worst part is that it's not over. Economists expect another huge decline in the first quarter, with a smaller contraction in the second quarter.

McCain and the Republicans lost because the American people realize that Republican supply side economics is a failure of epic proportion.  My fear is that Obama and the Democrats fail to realize it. 

And Obama and the Democrats don't need the Republicans - see here 

Comments

[zak822]

It is painfully obvious to us that the GOP lost and it's OK to ignore them.

The problem is that the Democratic leadership clearly shares the GOP approach on any number of critical matters and has for many years.

They demonstrate this fact with damn near every vote they take. It's time we recognize it.

It's time we vote for people who will vote for us. Reid, Pelosi, et al, ain't gonna do that.