Bring in the Clowns

With Joe the Plumber advising the Republican members of Congress, no, I'm not kidding, and Sarah Palin arriving at the Alfalfa Club this weekend to hobnob with serious politicians (Robin Williams aptly called Palin "a contestant in Project Candidate."), one must muse about the state of the Republican Party.

I have my doubts about the efficacy of the stimulus package, because of its lack of discipline and failure to keep the pork to a minimum.

I have my doubts about anything, because, frankly, no one has ever seen anything like this before, and no one knows what they are doing.

But to merely say NO isn't political policy, it's political suicide.

To me, we need to revamp the bankruptcy laws which when amended in 2005, made it very difficult to rid oneself of credit card debt. And the next crisis staring down at us comes in the form of massive defaults, failure to even pay the monthly minimum on credit card debt. So, forget about tax relief for middle class people who will just try to save that money and not spend it, although where can anyone save anything now? With CD rates hovering within the 1.5% to 3.5% rate today, where does one put her money?

It's all too hard for any of us, so why does anyone think Joe the Plumber or Sarah Palin has the smarts to make this all go away?