https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/15/from-hopenchange-to-politics-as-usual/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 08:41:19 -0400<![CDATA[Given this weak Republican position, Obama must be tempted by a shiny political object: the destruction of the congressional GOP. He knows that Republicans are forced by the momentum of their ideology to take positions on spending that he can easily demagogue. He is in a good position to humiliate them again — to expose their internal divisions and unpopular policy views. It may even be a chance to discredit and then overturn the House Republican majority, finally reversing his own humiliation in the 2010 midterms.]]>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:00:39 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/15/from-hopenchange-to-politics-as-usual-n99241