Paul Krugman has an interesting post imagining what happens if the Republicans retake the House in November: "... expect many, many fake scandals; we’ll be having hearings over accusations of corruption on the part of Michelle Obama’s hairdresser, janitors at the Treasury, and Larry Summers’s doctor’s dog." (from Krugman's NYT blog)
I think he's correct. Of course, that's not a difficult prediction to make. The "not-Obama" crowd (which seems more appropriate than nebulous labels like Republican, Conservative, or Tea Party) has been trying their best to whip up scandal after scandal after scandal since they first accused Obama of secretly being a Muslim. Or was it being a Marxist? Or Kenyan? Sometimes the media picks up on these, as they have with the Black Panther story. Spend five minutes browsing World Net Daily, and it's easy to see that for every story that Roger Ailes pushes into the mainstream, there are ten more waiting.
It's sad, but I'll be curious to see what happens. It's much, much easier to be the snarky person sitting in a corner of a party badmouthing the music and the beer selection. When you get used to playing that role, the worst thing that can happen is suddenly finding yourself in the middle of the room, drink in hand, with a crowd of people standing around waiting for you to say something. People might realize that you have nothing to say.
