oddsox—in the cartoon, the Republicans branded themselves, and I think that’s a pretty accurate picture of what happened.  It had very little to do with the Democrats.

The Republicans can’t go around talking about abolishing Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security without people thereby drawing the conclusion that they intend to abolish Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and translating the term ‘vouchers’ accordingly.

Republicans really thought they had the American Populace snowed,
but apparently not as well as they thought and hopefully it will grow.

while neither call for military reform.