Everything new is old again for the GOP-- well, almost

It looks like for the GOP, the 2012 election is going to look and sound a whole lot like the 2008 election. Only a week in and the GOP are already talking about  lowering taxes for the rich, more money for the military, the Reverend Wright, and the President's birth certificate. Yes, I thought that both issues had been put to bed, but no, for the GOP, why look forward when you can look back. Mitt Romney again stated his love for the Ryan Budget, which cuts taxes on the rich, slashes or eliminates all domestic spending, including slashing infrastructure expenditures. Then, the GOP-controlled House approves an increase in military spending, overturning a compromise the required cuts in both the military and domestic spending that was signed 2 years ago. A possible ad bringing up Reverend Wright was brought up to the attention of a GOP group, and although Mitt Romney and others denounced the ad, the fact that it was brought up at all means that at least in some GOP circles, this is still an issue. And since Hannity is in this circle, this won't be the last that people hear about this ad. Then, the Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, who is in charge of elections in the state,  has said that he actually isn't a birther, but has requested that the President that the President send him a certified copy of his birth certificate. When asked if he didn't get the birth certificate if he would refuse to put the President on the ballot, he said that this would happen only as a last resort. If he didn't get the birth certificate, he would have to ask all those seeking office and on the Arizona ballot to send him birth certificates, and then if he didn't get the President's birth certificate,  he then would consider keeping the President off the ballot. So he asked for only the President's birth certificate, and not those of all candidates? Thank God he isn't a birther. So while all this does sound a whole lot like 2008, in one respect, it really has changed. For while at every turn John McCain would tell people they were wrong when they stated the Obama was not an American or a Muslim, and was very open with the press, no matter what station or paper they were affiliated with, Mitt Romney has kept his mouth shut when lies have been told at rallies, and refuses to give interviews to anyone but Fox News. Congratulations GOP, your candidate has regressed farther than your party plank, and that's saying quite a lot.