DNC Web Ad: "Is it 1996? Or 2009?" (video)

DemRapidResponse, video (00:38).

Howie P.S.: Today's ad is an extension of an earlier one, "Meet the New GOP from April 21, 2009, video (00:46). In today's ad, Rove has been replaced by McCain. The message of both is that GOP's leaders have no new ideas to offer.

DNC ad:" Meet The New GOP" (video)

DNC, video (00:48).

H/t to Ben Smith.

"Howard Dean on the GOP divide" (video)

MSNBC, video (07:42).

Howie P.S.: Rachel Maddow talks with Dean about the current state of the GOP and his future political plans. More back and forth on the GOP on NPR, audio (37:31): "Rush Limbaugh: Voice Of The Republican Party?" Matt Bai and Jonah Goldberg hash it out with Ron Elving.

The party of "no"--"Is the GOP the Obstruction Party?" (with video)

The Nation (Gabriela Resto-Montero), with video (04:09):

The Democratic takeover in the House of Representatives left a smaller, more conservative Republican caucus that has little interest in going along with President Obama's proposals. The Nation's Washington editor Chris Hayes compares soliciting GOP advice on the stimulus to asking Quakers to draw up battle plans. He also discusses how the Democratic leadership might change their approach to bipartisanship in the Senate to pass the stimulus.

Howie P.S.: Do we refer to the "Grand Obstruction Party" now?

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