Republicans could do much to begin undoing the damage of the Rove-Bush-Gillespie years by seizing on President Barack Obama’s politically misguided and economically ignorant attacks on “protectionism.”

“I think it would be a mistake … at a time when worldwide trade is declining for us to start sending a message that somehow we’re just looking after ourselves and not concerned with world trade,” Obama said on the Fox television network. [Reuters]

That’s precisely the kind of gibberish George W. Bush was always spouting. The future of the Republican Party lies with anyone who will call Obama on it.

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