I wouldn't put it past the GOP.

I really shouldn't say that all Republicans are bad. Ain't so. There are exceptions to the rule. The two senators from Maine, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, and Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. They supported the Democrats' economic stimulus package. If it hadn't been for them, the mean-spirited Republicans could have filibustered the legislation to death. The bill was really bi-partisan because the Democrats made changes to suit Collins, Snowe and Specter. And if Republicans had genuinely wanted to negotiate an even more bi-partisan stimulus, they easily could have. But they chose to be obstructionists. They don't believe in give and take. Republicans tend to want to take, and not give. Even when they are in the minority, they act as if they should be treated like the majority. They don't want to accept the fact that they were the big losers in the last election. For so many years under the George Bush administration, Republicans repeatedly shoved stuff down the Democrats' throats. Barack Obama has tried to be kind to the Republicans. To give them respect. To give them concessions. To meet them part way. And what does Obama get for it? No appreciation. Not even a single vote in the House of Representatives. And only three votes in the Senate. Maybe that means Republicans will try to disown Collins, Snowe and Specter. I wouldn't put it past 'em. --Jim Broede