The Republican Game

The Republicans are past masters at creating impossible situations for the Democrats, such as they are now doing holding Obama Care hostage by refusing to vote for allowing the government operations to function.  The Republicans have been pushing the Democrats against the wall ever since the Obama administration came into existence all the while claiming that the Democrats have been refusing to negotiate in good faith; total surrender is not enough?  I blame the Democrats for their predicament; they failed to anticipate that the Republicans were going to play hard ball; thwarting Obama at every government function, delegitimizing him at every turn.  Clinton's time in office and his battle with the Republicans should have clued the Democrats of what was to come; I certainly wrote about it enough.  Propaganda has been the message all along--Big Lies, name calling, testimonials, and the Tea Party organization. 
The Tea Party is a perfect example of propaganda at work, at its worst.  It is a propaganda machine with roped in followers to act as "grass roots" members of bogus patriotic cause. 
It is not hard to create an organization to dupe the public; all it takes is lots of money, a professional propaganda mill, and a mob chanting a few provided slogans and signs bussed to scheduled political gatherings; or to opposition town hall meetings. 
The Republicans have been saying all along that they haven't been able to create the right message, one that people will buy.  Propaganda works but not all the time, particularly when it has been debunked over time.  The Republicans are still hopeful that their lies will be believed. 
The Democrats need to develop some back bone.  Harry Reid's weak voiced counters to the Republican's attacks hardly convince anyone that the Democrats have a strong argument, or an argument at all.
If the Republicans worked for the American People as hard as they did for corporations and the insurance companies we would be in good shape, instead we are watching wages decline, insurance rates go up, decline of U.S. infrastructure, decline of our manufacturing base, a runaway capitalistic system, and declining energy resources. The Republican's continual reference of "the American People" is disingenuous; they are really referring to that small percentage at the top as being the ones they are really representing.  You don't see them fighting tooth and nail for middle class and under tax breaks, health care, higher learning scholarships, consumer protection, and the list goes on.  Instead they cut to the bone any middle class programs that promote civil well being. 
Americans will someday realize that they have a government without representation.  What then?