You knew that the Republicans in the Senate filibustered and defeated the economic stimulus plan yesterday, right? Kevin Drum puts it starkly:
Republicans filibustered the larger bill and then sustained the filibuster on virtually a party line vote. Why? Because it had a few billion dollars of spending targeted at Democratic priorities. There's nothing more to it.The moral of the story is this: Republicans have no intention of ever working with Democrats on anything remotely like a bipartisan basis. Even on something as trivial as this, they filibustered and won. They will do the same thing next year no matter who's president. They will do it on every single bill, no matter how minor. They will never stop obstructing. Period. Presidential hopefuls, take note.
That's why I think Hillary needs to be President. Barack's rhetoric is full of bipartisan hope, and I take him at his word that he believes it would work. I don't. I think Hillary knows it and knows how to shame them (Harry Reid apparently doesn't do shaming well).
Posted by Linkmeister at February 7, 2008 08:36 AM | TrackBackDream on. If Hillary is elected, it will be even worse! There's no one who will get Republican hackles up more than her.
20 years of Bush-Clinton is enough already!
Posted by: Solonor at February 7, 2008 10:58 AMOh, it's entirely true that they'll hate her, although I think they'll reflexively fight Barack too. I think she can go around them to the public more pointedly than Barack; his message of "bipartisanship" is, I think, naive. If he goes up the Senate and asks for that he'll be eaten alive by those bastards, whereas they know Hillary can use a knife with the best of them.
Posted by: Linkmeister at February 7, 2008 11:08 AMTruly, this is a sad commentary...that we think we must abandon all principle and elect our own version of Karl Rove in response to a minority party's lunacy.
I curse the Republicans, but I also curse the Democrats--especially that wimp Harry Reid--for bringing us this low. But if we settle for more of the same, that's exactly what we're going to get.
Posted by: Solonor at February 7, 2008 11:45 AMClinton as Rove? Not even close.
Posted by: Serge at February 7, 2008 12:04 PMSolonor is absolutely correct.
Posted by: Scott at February 7, 2008 12:36 PMCorrect about what, Scott? That we shouldn't sacrifice principle? I don't agree that we would be by electing Senator Clinton.
Posted by: Linkmeister at February 7, 2008 12:55 PMNot to beat a dead horse, but have you listened to the Lawrence Lessig piece on this?
Posted by: Solonor at February 8, 2008 06:17 AMWhere would I find it?
Posted by: Linkmeister at February 8, 2008 07:38 AM