Republican Plan

This is the Republican plan on any issue.

1. Propose a bill the Democrats like and would support and even give the Democrats concessions to win their support.

2. Announce the bipartisan deal.

3. Let the Democrats offer the bill to the full legislature.

4. Vote against the bill.

5. Denounce the bill as a liberal attack on American family and patriotic values. Blame the problems on the Democrats and the original bill.

6. Propose an extreme version of the bill only the Tea Party and far right Republicans would like and force all Republicans to vote for it or face an opponent in their next primary election.

7. Smile and tell the voters you’ve worked hard to get nothing done.

And the Democrats haven’t learned how to fight this because they keep getting suckered into it.