Democrats Relish The Chance To Attack Republicans Over Austere Budget

"Austerity Will Never Lead To Prosperity"--Chi Man Sam April, 11, 2014.

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress can hardly contain their glee over the latest Republican budget plan, even though they loathe the details of the blueprint that would cut programs for the poor and funding of medical research.
Democrats view the document as a potent weapon in the November congressional elections and are betting that its emphasis on austerity and cuts to popular programs such as Medicare will provoke a backlash against Republicans.

Democrats Relish The Chance To Attack Republicans Over Austere Budget

House Republicans and the Betrayal of Democracy | Geoffrey R. Stone

... the House Republicans have every right to try to get their preferred policies enacted into law through the democratic process. They have tried to do this politically, electorally and judicially. They have failed at every turn. The have lost every time they have tried to repeal Obamacare through the legislative process. They have lost in the Supreme Court when they challenged the constitutionality of the law. They have failed politically with the electorate when they were soundly defeated in the 2012 election. Indeed, the only reason House Republicans can play this cruel and criminal game at all is because they gerrymandered congressional districts to enable them to control the House even though they were defeated by the Democrats in the national popular vote for Congress.--Geoffrey R. Stone 

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House Republicans and the Betrayal of Democracy | Geoffrey R. Stone

Voting Rights Ruling, Threat To MLK's Dream, Poses Backlash Danger For GOP

Voting Rights Ruling, Threat To MLK's Dream, Poses Backlash Danger For GOP

"WASHINGTON -- Several Republican-led states have already rushed to capitalize on the Supreme Court's recent rejection of a key part of the Voting Rights Act, but some Democratic and civil rights leaders say the price for threatening Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream could be a nightmare for the GOP."

Could this be the GOP's Waterloo?--ABratt