The Infernal Road to November

The Republicans have lost 3 special elections since March, one just last week in a solidly red district in Mississippi. The conventional wisdom is that this bodes ill for the GOP in November and it is wisdom in which we cannot dispute because… these knuckleheaded idiotic Republicans in Congress STILL haven’t received the memo detailing how it is they got booted out of the majority back in ’06.

And when faced with this reality of a potential Chernobyl-like meltdown in November and while being assailed by conservative groups to put young, reform-minded GOPers in key committee spots (unheeded) and needing a crucial stand to distinguish themselves from the Democrats, what did they do….? Why they went ahead and voted for a veto-proof $300 billion (with a “b”) farm bill that includes many incentives to not farm and other non-farm related pork. Nice work, fellas.

KT reminds us that “bipartisanship” when it comes to a $300 billion farm bill is not the way to recapture your party’s brand.

The Democrats continue leaning right, running moderates and “Blue Dogs” and the Republicans, completely asleep at the wheel, drift left, remaining totally unconcerned with spending. And the downward spiral continues.

So given these latest developments, of what significance is a McCain victory in November, domestically speaking? Even if McCain wins and sticks to his anti-pork/anti-earmark ways (he voted against this bill, by the way), it won’t matter if Congressional Republicans are voting for this type of garbage in numbers that make it veto-proof.