Well, thanks to the tax deal, <a href="http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/40628514\/ns\/politics\/" target="_blank">someone</a> likes Barry again. <a href="http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/12\/08\/AR2010120806200.html" target="_blank">Also.</a>
I was thinking along the lines that Broder&#039;s and other&#039;s obsession with an arbitrary political spectrum is lazy policy analysis.
Obama&#039;s never been an ideologue. Obama is a pragmatist, and that doesn&#039;t fit inside Broder&#039;s idea of a rigid left-right spectrum (with different relative positions having clear-cuts beliefs). Right or wrong, he&#039;s going to do what he thinks will work the best and still has the best chance of getting passed.
The Democrats&#039; &quot;Let&#039;s Put This Off Until the Lameduck Session&quot; strategy, like all Democrats&#039; strategies, seems to have failed.
If the Repubicans number one priority is preserving the amazingly successful Bush tax cuts, Obama could have extracted a steeper price from them. Howzabout DADT repeal. Or freeze military pay. Maybe extend health insurance reform to include public option. Cap-and-trade anyone?
1. I just applied a dry rub to a pork butt that will be smoked tomorrow. It&#039;s both tasty and Muslim-repellent! Allahu akbar!
2. Also apropos of porking, butts, and Republicans&#039; &quot;Log Cabin,&quot; I learned something very interesting last night: Representative Barney Frank&#039;s dad&#039;s cousin was the wife of Shemp Howard, noted stooge and Vaudevillian. Barney&#039;s dry wit makes a lot more sense now.
Boy, will the joke be on us when we all learn in a future episode at that <a href="http:\/\/cdn.adamp.com\/files\/2008\/01\/mccainortigh.png" target="_blank">John McCain</a>, the biggest Cylon hater of them all, actually is a Cylon.
<i>We learned that compromise in the Senate means giving into every Republican demand, ever, and that disagreeing just makes you a partisan hack.</i>
Well, thanks to the tax deal, <a href="http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/40628514\/ns\/politics\/" target="_blank">someone</a> likes Barry again. <a href="http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/12\/08\/AR2010120806200.html" target="_blank">Also.</a>
I was thinking along the lines that Broder&#039;s and other&#039;s obsession with an arbitrary political spectrum is lazy policy analysis.
Obama&#039;s never been an ideologue. Obama is a pragmatist, and that doesn&#039;t fit inside Broder&#039;s idea of a rigid left-right spectrum (with different relative positions having clear-cuts beliefs). Right or wrong, he&#039;s going to do what he thinks will work the best and still has the best chance of getting passed.
And that&#039;s why Obama is morally weak.
The Democrats&#039; &quot;Let&#039;s Put This Off Until the Lameduck Session&quot; strategy, like all Democrats&#039; strategies, seems to have failed.
What happens when you disagree with and despise both? Are you a supporter of Al Qaeda?
If the Repubicans number one priority is preserving the amazingly successful Bush tax cuts, Obama could have extracted a steeper price from them. Howzabout DADT repeal. Or freeze military pay. Maybe extend health insurance reform to include public option. Cap-and-trade anyone?
1. I just applied a dry rub to a pork butt that will be smoked tomorrow. It&#039;s both tasty and Muslim-repellent! Allahu akbar!
2. Also apropos of porking, butts, and Republicans&#039; &quot;Log Cabin,&quot; I learned something very interesting last night: Representative Barney Frank&#039;s dad&#039;s cousin was the wife of Shemp Howard, noted stooge and Vaudevillian. Barney&#039;s dry wit makes a lot more sense now.
Boy, will the joke be on us when we all learn in a future episode at that <a href="http:\/\/cdn.adamp.com\/files\/2008\/01\/mccainortigh.png" target="_blank">John McCain</a>, the biggest Cylon hater of them all, actually is a Cylon.
Please tell me that&#039;s not true. Ah, who the fuck am I kidding, why wouldn&#039;t it be true?
<i>We learned that compromise in the Senate means giving into every Republican demand, ever, and that disagreeing just makes you a partisan hack.</i>
Isn&#039;t this in the Constitution?