Jacob Weisberg wrote an interesting article on Slate a few days ago that should win a very prestigious award. Positing that the "responsible Republican" has disappeared from the political landscape, Weisberg suggests the Democrats are going to be alone in any future legislative efforts. While this may not be news to us here on DailyKos, Weisberg's thesis revolves around Bill Kristol and the Republican obstructionism of 1993-1994.
Weisberg's award after the jump.
Weisberg's earthshaking thesis that Republicans are trying to follow the same post 1992 playbook propels this piece of journalistic (whatever) to the top of last week's blinding flash of the obvious award. A sample:
Under Obama, the Republican Party has simply tried to replay its script from the Clinton years, opposing everything the president proposes, looking for heretics to burn, and calling the other side extreme—though this time without blocking the president's major initiative. They've been at it again this week, claiming, absurdly, that financial regulations supported by Democrats would amount to a perpetual bank bailout.
No, really? I don't think anyone noticed that. I mean, trotting out Newt Gingrich again might not have been obvious enough, so I guess Mr. Weisberg felt the need to inform us the Republicans were heading for 1994 all over again. I think that I can even agree with his point that hyperpartisanship is bad for the country. Thank you, Captain Obvious.