The Republican Rush
March 24, 2011 - by
I’m the last person most Republicans would listen to for advice. But I’m struck lately by the concerns I’ve heard from serious and nonpartisan people about the GOP’s ambitious legislative agenda.
As one veteran at the legislature observed: “If the Republicans try to do everything now, there won’t be a later for them.”
The eagerness is understandable. As my correspondent said:
“The Republicans have been out of power and frustrated for so long that some of their individual members seem to be in a frenzied rush to fix everything all at once. Some of the newbies think they were sent to Raleigh to save the world. Instead of watching and learning, they think they have to correct every problem right now and they have all the answers.”
In other words, precisely the mistake that many Democrats think the Obama administration made after 2008 – and led to the 2010 shellacking.
The Republican Rush
March 24, 2011/
I’m the last person most Republicans would listen to for advice. But I’m struck lately by the concerns I’ve heard from serious and nonpartisan people about the GOP’s ambitious legislative agenda.
As one veteran at the legislature observed: “If the Republicans try to do everything now, there won’t be a later for them.”
The eagerness is understandable. As my correspondent said:
“The Republicans have been out of power and frustrated for so long that some of their individual members seem to be in a frenzied rush to fix everything all at once. Some of the newbies think they were sent to Raleigh to save the world. Instead of watching and learning, they think they have to correct every problem right now and they have all the answers.”
In other words, precisely the mistake that many Democrats think the Obama administration made after 2008 – and led to the 2010 shellacking.