Was the "Obvious" tag on vacation or something? Oh, I see it there. Nevermind. Carry-on.

Even Conservatives Think Republicans Are Sabotaging the Economy to Hurt Obama

Happens when the patently obvious kicks you in the teeth fora year or so.

This will come up.

What's interesting isn't just that half of all voters think the answer is yes, it's the breakdown: a quarter of all Republicans and a third of all conservatives also think the answer is yes. In other words, this isn't just a liberal conspiracy theory. Even a lot of conservatives recognize what's going on. I wouldn't make too much of a single state poll, but those numbers are high enough that they might represent a glimmering recognition of something that's only been Beltway chatter up to now.

It has been more of a glimmering recognition outside of the beltway. Though, the media and their positively shiate performance as the fourth estate shoulders some of the blame here.

Of course. Party before Country. Its their motto.

I don't think it is a "glimmering recognition", I think that third has assumed from the beginning that Republicans were sabotaging the economy and they approve.

They said yes, but did they disagree with the plan?

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: Heard it on the Diane Rehm show this very morning. Of course, the person acknowledging this position also pointed out that it is the Republicans' "job" to tank Obama. I think that's kind of ridiculous, but whatever.

It's not kind of ridiculous, it is totally ridiculous. Your political parties aren't there to beat each other, they are there to make the country better. Different visions, same goal. (theoretically)

Gen. Patton Harvey Oswalt: Please. What's more likely is that Taxbongo is purposefully secretly tanking the economy so that people think it the REPUBLICANS who are purposefully tanking the economy.

I think the last administration already took care of that.

randomjsa:
As stated, the best thing Obama could do for the economy would be the announce he is not running for reelection.

My thoughts exactly - we need a real liberal in office not a right-of-center-Reagan-Part-II president like Obama...

2012 should have been a slam dunk year for the GOP. But their flavor of the week candidates, complete inaction in Congress, delusional belief that everyone hates Obama and wants the US to be a staunchly Christian/Conservative country, is turning more and more people against them every day. The election is still a year away, and impossible to predict, but I don't see a majority of American voters going for any of the announced GOP candidates. With the exception of Romney. I'm also convinced that if Romney gets the nomination a 3rd party candidate will emerge. Some attention whore, probably from Alaska, who will seal the deal for Obama.

Elzar: My thoughts exactly - we need a real liberal in office not a right-of-center-Reagan-Part-II president like Obama...

Exactly why I was thinking of voting Republican this time. If only the Republicans could find someone that values intelligence instead of garish charm

CanadianConservative: Your political parties aren't there to beat each other, they are there to make the country better.

Uh maybe yours are but I have some sad news for you from south of the border

This has been fairly obvious for some time...

The GOP became unhinged right after the 2008 elections and havn't looked back since.

Hell, McConnell even said their number one priority was making sure Obama was a one-termer.

If they have to put millions of Americans in further financial distress to achieve that goal, that is apparently quite acceptable to the GOP.

It's despicable and they should all be ashamed of their "Party before Country" mentality, but the GOP has amply demonstrated they possess neither shame nor decency.

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: the person acknowledging this position also pointed out that it is the Republicans' "job" to tank Obama.

What a douche... It's the Republican's job to help LEAD this country, and the way you do that is by maintaining a balance, not actively sabotaging it so your selfish party can swing everything in exactly the way they want. What a bunch of self centered a-holes, they all deserve to be strung up and left for the crows to eat the juicy eyeballs out of their sockets. Whatever happened to the REAL Republican Party? Did it die in '68 or what? The only one of these Presidential contenders I can even stand is Huntsman, and as far as getting elected, he doesn't stand a 99 percenter's chance of making a million before they die...

tomcatadam: What an American radical communist socialist fascist totalitarian super-left-wing extremist Liberal looks like.

What was their first clue? The GOP expressing its #1 priority as making Obama a 1-term President, which naturally means any economic improvement is detrimental to their stated agenda?

It's not rocket science. The worse they can make things for you, the better they can make things for themselves. The GOP has declared war on the American people.

sprawl15: That still boggles my mind how many things McCain totally farked up to manage that astounding feat.

Really he just farked up one thing... Sarah Palin. Even with his extreme pandering to the far Right, he probably would have been elected if he hadn't dug up that illiterate retard to remind us of just how much damage a truly idiotic President can do(Bush).

Koalaesq: Maybe we shouldn't be complaining when republicans put forward codswollop bills like the one to reaffirm "In God We Trust" as the motto of America. At least when they're focused on inane, pointless, time wasting and unnecessary stuff like that they aren't ACTIVELY trying to rape this country.

Don't forget they were debating a commemorative coin as well.

vpb: I don't think it is a "glimmering recognition", I think that third has assumed from the beginning that Republicans were sabotaging the economy and they approve.

birchman: I know some conservatives who admit that they are and love every minute of it.

randomjsa: If the Republicans wanted to harm the economy, they would be on board with Obama, not opposed to him, but as they and everyone else has figured out that "stimulus" and "job creation" for Obama means "slush fund for unions and campaign donors", they're opposed to spending another huge chunk of money.

HotIgneous Intruder: They'll burn down this village to save it.
Also, there's a black man in the white house. derp. derp. wink-wink.

It reminds me of what happened to Chile when Salvador Allende (a socialist candidate) won the popular election. The conservatives torpedoed the Chilean economy and instigated a military coup. Want to know who encouraged them and helped? The Nixon administration assisted, in the interest of preserving American mineral interests in the country.

Because I know conservatives have done it before in another country, I think they'd do it again here. Thankfully, between the Tea Party (much as I am loathe to admit they can be useful) and OWS, we have some people screaming their heads off about the economy.

OTOH, the conservatives had started this before Obama ever ran for office. The idea that they could achieve it by going along with him is unthinkable. It would be too visible, and they'd have to explain themselves to their politically polarized constituents. It would never happen. They can do a more effective job by blocking anything he proposes that might make the situation better.

I really don't want us to end up like Chile, with our very own Augusto Pinochet.