The standard pattern since Republicans captured the House in 2010 goes something like this: House Speaker John Boehner makes outrageous demands. Obama negotiates a compromise package heavily weighted toward Republican priorities, but Boehner cant deliver his caucus. Fearful that tea party vandals might burn down the house, Democrats end up agreeing to a short-term deal that gives the GOP much of what it wants. It is understandable that the activist Republican base might think victory through blackmail was the natural order of things. Its not. Its a distortion of American democracy that weakens the nation, and it has to end. Thats as clear an explanation as any of how we got here. However, it is still wrong of the Dems to try to relitigate the law of the land. Earn the votes, make your changes...
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:21:49 +0000
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