Filed under: Government Spending, Obama, Online Video, Republican Party, Taxes
Wednesday was the best day House Republicans have had in a long time – from a substantive policy standpoint, a political standpoint, and from a creative communications standpoint.
As you’ve probably already heard, every single House Republican voted against Speaker Pelosi’s wasteful, pork-laden, non-stimulus spending bill – along with 11 of Pelosi and Obama’s own Democrats.
This was the right thing to do on the policy front, since the vast majority of the hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars spent by the bill would have little, if any, stimulative effect on the economy – most of it won’t even be spent for years to come. For the most part, all the bill would do is add hundreds of billions of dollars to the crushing debt that’s already on the shoulders of our children and grandchildren.
And as we’ve pointed out before, it’s the smart thing to do politically, since supporting a “Me-Too-But-Less” spending stimulus would prevent conservatives from criticizing their opponents when this non-stimulus bill inevitably fails to get the economy moving again.
But perhaps just as encouraging as the fiscal backbone displayed by House Republicans on Wednesday was a creative behind-the-scenes video released by House GOP Leader John Boehner that chronicles the day’s action in way we’ve never seen before – at least from anybody in Congress.
The video opens by showing the House GOP leadership team meeting in the morning with sleeves rolled up and discussing the day’s legislative strategy, continues with a sneak peak at a “pen and pad” briefing with reporters, b-roll footage of Members walking through Statuary Hall to a news conference in the Capitol and finally moves to a short clip of GOP Whip Eric Cantor reinforcing the day’s message on the House Floor.
Take a moment to check out Boehner’s video below – it’s very good stuff. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more days like Wednesday in the weeks and months to come:
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