GOP plays "madman theory" in election with Obama

It is now clear and generally admitted that the GOP'( Grand Old Party aka the Republicans)s strategy is to oppose everything proposed by the Obama Administration (esp judicial appointments) in the hope that the American electorate will blame the incumbent President come Election Day six months from now- all to make Barack Obama a "one term president".

This "madman /chicken theory" strikes me as an outsider as an extraordinarily selfish and short sighted policy- the only thing worse than losing would be winning- does Mitt Romney want to wreck the US economy(which of course will be blamed on Obama- ignoring the fact that many of the problems Obama had to deal with were bequeathed to him by George W.Bush's Administration to begin with) if he wins and takes the the oath of office on January 20, 2013?

While I'm not really a fan of obama, From what I've researched on Romney. We would be in trouble if he got into office

It is now clear and generally admitted that the GOP'( Grand Old Party aka the Republicans)s strategy is to oppose everything proposed by the Obama Administration (esp judicial appointments) in the hope that the American electorate will blame the incumbent President come Election Day six months from now- all to make Barack Obama a "one term president".

This "madman /chicken theory" strikes me as an outsider as an extraordinarily selfish and short sighted policy- the only thing worse than losing would be winning- does Mitt Romney want to wreck the US economy(which of course will be blamed on Obama- ignoring the fact that many of the problems Obama had to deal with were bequeathed to him by George W.Bush's Administration to begin with) if he wins and takes the the oath of office on January 20, 2013?

Bipartisanship will be the death of this country.

Which brings me to the extraordinary antipathy the Republicans have for Obama(arguably exceeding even that for Democratic predecessors like FDR, Harry Truman and Bill "Beelzebubba"Clinton). Whilst it would crass to imply that it is inspired totally by racism, neither could this factor(pace the "birther" controversy) be totally discounted either. Republicans may have sneered at "Franklin Rosenvelt and his Jew Deal"( he was Episcopalian BTW) or made tasteless jokes about an alleged hotline between JFK's Oval Office and the Holy See, neither seriously disputed their right to be President or that they were not as American as apple pie- hence the implicit racism in the "birther" argument- Obama as the nation's first black President is NOT "one of us".

Terry

Obama and Romney are practically the same people. Don't see how one can honestly like one over the other.

Obama and Romney are practically the same people. Don't see how one can honestly like one over the other.

Democrat are no better the Republicans. It's all about power. How to get it for themselves and how to get it away from the other guy. Nothing else matters to them.

@Lunacyde:

All politicians are like that haha.

@Lunacyde:

All politicians are like that haha.