Republicans Love Poor People Now

GOP Flips Its Position On The Poor
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) speaks to reporters after a House GOP Conference meeting at the U.S. Captiol January 22, 2013 in Washington, DC. Although many Republican House members are divided over tomorrow's important vote that would put off the debt limit by several months, Cantor and his leadership team believe they have the support to pass the extension. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) speaks to reporters after a House GOP Conference meeting at the U.S. Captiol January 22, 2013 in Washington, DC. Although many Republican House members are divided over tomorrow's important vote that would put off the debt limit by several months, Cantor and his leadership team believe they have the support to pass the extension. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

It’s safe to say that the Republican Party’s recent decision to “relaunch” itself and suddenly reach out to poor people is motivated more by a naked desire to win votes, than by some Gandhi-like benevolence. If the party’s policy platforms — highlighted by an Edward Scissorhands-like budget that slices programs for the indigent — weren’t a dead giveaway, the RNC’s new ballyhooed strategy plan comes right out and says it.

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