UPDATED: Because Politico is really just a GOP bulletin board
June 25, 2009 2:19 pm ET by Eric Boehlert
It's a place where any spin the RNC burps up is immediately seized upon as news by Politico.
If it were the old days, you could almost picture Politico reporters and editors standing around the fax machine anxiously awaiting the latest "news" from the RNC. Today, I picture a place where eager staffers want to be the first to dash through the newsroom announcing the new RNC press release has arrived via email.
The latest RNC talking point, heralded as news by Politico:
Seeking to avoid the legislative minutia that has consumed some of his predecessors, President Barack Obama is pushing his agenda through Congress by outlining a broad vision of his policy goals and then letting lawmakers fill in the blanks.
Republicans would like to make him pay for that.
GOP leaders on Capitol Hill see in Obama’s approach a chance to paint the young president as disengaged from the work required to address the country’s ills.
Meanwhile, next time Obama has a press conference, wouldn't it be easier if Politico simply reported on what he did say, rather than devoting all kinds of time and space detailing what he didn't say?
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I can't think of a better description of Bush's presidency than the one they've applied to Obama: "disengaged from the work required to address the country's ills."
For crying out loud, the country was on autopilot during the Bush years!
"President Barack Obama is pushing his agenda through Congress by outlining a broad vision of his policy goals and then letting lawmakers fill in the blanks."
THAT'S WHAT PRESIDENTS DO!!!! They set the broad policies and agenda and let the LEGISLATURE write the LEGISLATION! (That's why it's not called "Presidentislation"!)
We REALLY needs to get CIVICS re-established in our public school curriculums. The arguments being put out by these idiots get more and more assisnine all the time.