Good policies to screw the vast majority of Americans

The Republicans must remain brave in their effort to legislate only on behalf of their wealthiest or most fundamentalist of supporters.

Gaylord cited the political fallout from the decision to intervene in the case of a brain-damaged Florida woman, Terri Schiavo. Cole mentioned tort reform. Another top GOP lawmaker singled out bankruptcy legislation that made it harder for debt-ridden Americans to wipe out their obligations.

Those may be good policies, the Republicans said, but those issues benefit a limited number of voters. Republicans are urging Congress and the White House to push harder for voter-friendly legislation such as the jobs-laden highway bill or energy reform, a political prescription to angst over skyrocketing gasoline prices.

As Attaturk notes, that sums up the GOP in a nutshell.

But wait, Congress is once again working hard to redress a fundamental omission in our Constitution.