If the Republicans were smart they'd let the fiscal cliff last awhile.

Head over to CDR Salamander's house to read his write up on the fiscal cliff situation and those poor bastards in New York's reaction to it...but it dawns on me.

If the Republicans were smart they would fight for cuts...and if they couldn't get them then they'd simply let the fiscal cliff stew for a couple of months.

It would be painful for mostly BLUE states.

You know.

Those Democrat controlled states with the highest tax burden from local, state and now federal taxes.

Those states that have in some cases artificially inflated pay scales to support all that extra government...and services....

If the Republicans were smart they could turn this around and make this a Democrat problem.  As it is now though.  Everything remains the same.  Economic troubles are still number one on the plate.  The administration can try and spin it that everything is ok but everyone that has a brain cell knows better.

Syria is sizzling and ready to explode.  Afghanistan is still a mess.  Egypt is confused, Libya in a daze and Iran still stubborn.

Obama care still has to be implemented, the EPA is making enemies of energy production and the administration is confused on the fraking issue.

All that and they're trying to do gun control too?

I don't think so.