re: #568 engineer dog

i have an idea that if they take the house this year that it will aggravate and accelerate the split between the regular republicans and the teabaggers since the baggers will inevitably be frustrated with what they do

I think there’s something to that. The Tea Party crowd will want a total war over the budget, the GOP will not oblige them. the TP crowd will hear “Sorry, but we have to pass a budget and that meant giving Obama something.” and they’ll feel betrayed when they hear it. Won’t be true, of course, since the budget really will have had to be passed.