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Let’s review Republican priorities, shall we? First off, here are three Republicans explaining why a bad economy is something to be concerned about. Hint: it’s not because of the human misery of millions of home foreclosures and tens of millions of unemployed.

From conservative analyst Erick Erickson, explaining why Republicans should wreck the U.S. economy via default: Obama has a legacy to worry about. Should the United States lose its bond rating, it will be called the “Obama Depression”. Congress does not get pinned with this stuff. From Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, explaining why Republicans shouldn’t wreck the U.S. economy via default: It destroys your brand and would give the president an opportunity to blame Republicans for a bad economy. Look, he owns the economy. He has been in office almost three years now. And we refuse to let him entice us in to co-ownership of a bad economy. From James Pethokoukis, tweeting excitedly last night about the brighter side of bad economic news: Ouch!….Obama 2012 nightmare!….Alarms bells must be ringing loudly tonight across Obamaland….Panic at the WH?….GOP nomination very much worth having.

And here are a couple of other glimpses into what’s motivating Republicans these days. Hint: it’s all about protecting the rich.