The reason the Republicans are so adamant about not cooperating for the good of the country:

[skip fox]

As Rachel Maddow has recently noted, the Republicans are so fiercely unified in their opposition to Obama that they now vote and speak against proposals and ideas they they previously endorsed and, occasionally, developed. The reason? Simple . . .

They had nominated, promoted and succeeded in electing the worst president of the past four decades, perhaps the worst of all.

Obama's success would chisel that fact on the public's consciousness so prominently that even the fecal smear machine of Fox & Fiends could not obscure it.

(If this is the case, Obama can think of ways possibly around it. Widening the sense of successful accomplishment beyond himself or his party, for instance.)

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[EmeraldCityGrl]

2. Obama Loses/They Win

or so they think. They don't care a damn about America which was evident over the eight
years they did everything possible to destroy it.

[guyton]

3. nope, nothing to do with Bush

They've already removed his memory from their psyche. Bush is so last year.

They've simply bought 100% into the idea that they must oppose *everything* any dem proposes (or endorses) else they're be targeted by the dittoheads and the teabaggers and lose their next primary.

[Winterblues]

4. I think it is deeper than that

I think if a Black man were to succeed it would counter everything they base their lives upon. White Superioity. They can not allow Obama to succeed or it would destroy their very core being.. Most Republicans would easily admit Bush* was not such a success but they can NEVER Admit a Black man can do a better job of Governing the country than they can.. NEVER NEVER NEVER..../

[Beer Snob-50]

5. i don't think it is so much a black man

but a democrat. when in power, the republicans came up with lots of ideas but never really acted on them. it took a democrat (bill clinton) to act upon many of their ideas and some of them actually worked.

remember that one of the ideas that they constantly railed upon was the old line item veto. clinton acted upon it. yes, it was found to be unconstitutional but still.

abortion rights. republicans had the power from all branches for 8 years but never acted upon it. thier ideas keep the base happy and then they blame the opposition for not getting them acted upon.

[Winterblues]

6. Clinton did not act upon it, it was in their Contract on America

Along with term Limits for Congress. Both were found unconstitutional. Every single President that has ever been has wanted line item veto. While they fought Clinton tooth and nail they did participate in many bipartisan bills.. With Obama it is different. They can not allow a single thing promoted by Obama to become law..It would invalidate their entire existence..

[blue neen]

7. After an upsetting conversation I had today, I was thinking the same thing you are.

It upsets me to no end.