{"id":217,"date":"2009-07-22T14:02:22","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T18:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/000af36.netsolhost.com\/wordpress1\/2009\/07\/22\/the-cant-do-nation\/"},"modified":"2009-07-22T14:02:22","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T18:02:22","slug":"the-cant-do-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/2009\/07\/22\/the-cant-do-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"&ldquo;The Can&rsquo;t-Do Nation&rdquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/07\/21\/AR2009072102712.html?hpid=opinionsbox1\">Harold Meyerson has a column in today\u2019s Washington Post<\/a> complaining about the \u201cBlue Dogs\u201d hindering Obama\u2019s healthcare goals.&#160;&#160; They have many reasons \u2013 they are in red districts, their new, and they really worry about \u2013 everything.<\/p>\n<p>While Meyerson says it reveals our country\u2019s&#160; inability to meet our national challenges, the practical interpretations by the electorate is the Democrats can\u2019t govern.<\/p>\n<p>Say what you will about the GOP under George Bush, they may have punted on the big problems, but its ability to pass most of its agenda is viewed as at least competent in governing.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>In 2010, if they pick the issues that voters are worried about \u2013 the economy, health, etc. \u2013 and put forth solutions, those voters just might say, \u201cAt least they can get something done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harold Meyerson has a column in today\u2019s Washington Post complaining about the \u201cBlue Dogs\u201d hindering Obama\u2019s healthcare goals.&#160;&#160; They have many reasons \u2013 they are in red districts, their new, and they really worry about \u2013 everything. While Meyerson says it reveals our country\u2019s&#160; inability to meet our national challenges, the practical interpretations by the&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/2009\/07\/22\/the-cant-do-nation\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}