With Great Power Comes Great Inaction

It is stories like this that renew my hope that the Republicans get their collective asses kicked all across this great country in the upcoming November elections:

As they prepare for a critical pre-election legislative stretch, Congressional Republican leaders have all but abandoned a broad overhaul of immigration laws and instead will concentrate on national security issues they believe play to their political strength.

With Congress reconvening Tuesday after an August break, Republicans in the House and Senate say they will focus on Pentagon and domestic security spending bills, port security legislation and measures that would authorize the administration’s terror surveillance program and create military tribunals to try terror suspects.

“We Republicans believe that we have no choice in the war against terror and the only way to do it is to continue to take them head-on whether it is in Iraq or elsewhere,” said Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the majority leader.

In a draft of a planning memorandum to be circulated to Republican senators, Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, who is entering his last months as majority leader, said, “I expect minority obstructionism to be at an all-time high.” Republicans are already preparing for a post-election session to begin Nov. 13 and run at least up to Thanksgiving. [NY Times]

"Obstructionism to be at an all-time high," Mr. Frist? Hey, I will be the first one to bash a Democrat, but you can't obstruct something that isn't moving. If the Republicans are going weasel out of their responsibility to construct laws and keep our border safe for the average American simply because they are afraid of the political fallout, I say screw em'.

We elected you to do a job, now get off your ass and do it.