Republicans seem to assume their adversaries would do everything in their power to harm the economy when the opposition holds power because that's how the Republican Party operates. jonathanchait writes
Photo: Scott J. Ferrell/CQ-Roll Call,Inc. The current Republican line holds that the economy is in fine shape
But more curious than the right’s insistence that a recession won’t occur is its certainty that Democrats — working through their agents in the Fake News, naturally — are engineering one. Why would the right imagine such sinister motives? Perhaps the answer is that this is precisely how Republicans behaved in the opposition.
After Obama took office, the entire Republican legislative calculus revolved around the premise that Republicans were engaged in zero-sum competition — anything that helped Obama pass a stimulus bill hurt their party. When Obama expressed openness to their stimulus ideas in a private meeting, Alberta reports, they reacted with panic. “If he governs like that, we’re all fucked,” Eric Cantor’s communications director, Brad Dayspring, told his boss.
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