Republicans Promising Bi-Partisanship in 2011: OH GEEZ, THEY STILL DON'T GET IT!

Mitch McConnell on election eve:

Well, they’re not inconsistent. I was shocked last week that people thought it was unusual that I said our number one political goal was to make him a one-termer. Well, his number one political goal is to be a two-termer. Now we can put that aside. If he chooses to seriously address spending and debt why would we not want to be cooperative? If he decides he wants to quit doing things that make it harder for people to hire, he wants to genuinely focus on things that would get the private sector going again, I think most of my members are going to say, “Let’s do that.” So we’ll have to see. It’s really up to him. He’s got to decide whether he’s going to do a Clintonian back-flip here and get himself more in line with the American people. If they’re kidding themselves inside the White House that this election is just about the economy–I know that’s what they’re spinning publicly, but if they’re saying that inside the White House–then I think they’ve got a real problem.

Why wouldn't Obama be open to cooperate with the Republicans? Their Pledge to America promises big spending as well. Remember, they want to roll back federal spending to 2008 levels, which created another $450 billion plus in federal debt. This isn't acceptable.

Then to add insult to injury, McConnell says ending entitlements will take bi-partisanship:

Well that’s a big issue to discuss. I think entitlement reform requires bipartisanship. What you’ve got to hope here is that Obama is going to have a desire to improve his own credentials on spending. One difference between now and ’95, I think the spending issue is much bigger now than it was in ’95. We focused on it then, but I think it’s much bigger now. And he may decide he wants to do something serious about spending. Whether that includes entitlement reform or not I don’t know but I think he’s going to have to be bought into whatever we do, if we do it. On budgets though, if there’s a Republican House and a Democratic Senate, we’re not likely to have a budget. So, what’ll probably happen on discretionary is the appropriation bills will become the focal point for cutting spending. Exactly the opposite of the perception of those bills in the past, we intend to use them to reduce spending not to enhance it.

And you think these Republicans are going to repeal Obama's new healthcare entitlements?

Ah Geez! Third party 2012, where are you?