the IRS and AP Scandals

[lordlundar]

this is exactly what is wrong with american politics. poeple will do anything to prevent "that guy" from winning/doing anything once he is in power. Need |I point out that the Republican party have been talking up how the economy hasn't improved or the National Debt paid down under Obama, when thye are blocking hi at every turn? ( how many times has Obama tried to get a bill throuhg Congress to boost jobs? not to mention the clusterfuck that has been the varous problems that culminated in the Fiscal Cliff.)

you make it sound like it wasn't planned. It was all intentional. The GOP knows that in the public eye, the president has the power. So they block any attempts by the president and the dems to actually fix the problems, blame them because they couldn't, then ride the negative publicity on the president to victory. If Romney hadn't been so arrogant and flipped off the majority of the public he would have won.

[Panacea]

The GOP is realizing this non-issue is backfiring on them. The public just doesn't care, and the evidence is not going their way.

Meanwhile, the student loan rate issue is rearing its ugly head. This is a no win situation for the GOP. Rates have gone up; if something is not done quick and made retroactive, rates will stay doubled at over 6%. The Democrats want to cap interest rates. Obama wants to tie rates to US Treasury rates. The GOP likes Obama's idea because it is market based. They have to do something; if rates stay the way they are, it will be a major issue in 2014 . . . and right now they have nothing to attack the President on.

This may be an attempt to smooth the waters to reach a deal with Obama on student loans.