For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Happy Republicans.
They took a beating in November, but now, in the stimulus fight, Republicans are smiling again. You see it all over Capitol Hill, in the hallways, the hearing rooms, the gathering spots. Republicans, coming off a devastating, across-the-board electoral defeat, are … happy. Being in opposition, after eight years of a Republican presidency and 12 years of GOP rule in Congress, suits many of them just fine.
Is Byron right? Is being in the minority good for the GOP, or wishful thinking? And, is the departure of the free-spending Bush a good thing for the Party allowing fiscal conservatives to be fiscal conservatives again without the risk of offending their president?
