Positive Signs from the House GOP

            It is a long way until the next election.  President Obama has just ended his first full day in the White House.  All the talk show chatter has centered on how Hollywood invaded the District to celebrate the anointed one.  All the serious press is focused on the decline and fall of the world financial sector.  Nobody is really paying too much attention to the machinations of House Republicans.

            But things are starting to look bit brighter for the lower chamber’s minority party.  I know that is counter-intuitive, but I am started to see signs of revival from them.  

            With the departure of the President Bush, Congressional Republicans now have the opportunity to draw bright lines of distinction between them and the Majority Party.  They no longer have to govern, but that doesn’t give them a license to be irresponsible.  The American people don’t want blind partisanship.  They want solutions.

            And the House GOP is offering positive solutions, not just missiles aimed at the new President.  Under John Boehner’s direction, the new Whip, Eric Cantor (who would have been a good Vice Presidential candidate), led a listening session with top economists that explored the best options to grow the economy.   Read more...