I just don’t get it. Honestly, I have no idea why these things go the way they do. The FISA bill has been voted upon, and it passed. Awesome. Here’s the thing, though: there was no “compromise”. It just handed the president everything he wanted.
The reason I’m just at a loss is that there’s no logical reason for the Democrats to just fold like they did. It’s not like the president, his party, or his plan were that popular. Everything is at record lows in the polls. There was no uproar of public support for the bill, if anything the opposite is true.
So what the hell is going on? Are the Democrats trying to prove that they’re worthless and don’t deserve what the voters have given them? It’s as though they’re hell-bent on thumbing their noses at the public to show them that electing a blue majority was pointless.
We were given a lot of promises in 2006. After a pretty nice honeymoon period, nothing actually happened. Bush gets all he wants, the Iraq fiasco rolls along unchecked, and bills like this pass with relatively little resistance except by the few principled Representatives such as Feingold.
The Senate votes next week. Let’s hope something happens. If the Republicans can filibuster their way out of everything, I don’t see why the Dems can’t just vote it down.
Hanlon\'s Razor 
You know, there’s the common wisdom that “Insanity is doing the same thing over, expecting different results”. And I feel, as a Democrat, that expecting the Democrats to do somethiong and stand up for themselves is that.
I feel like we as liberals are in an abusive relationship with our elected officials. “Oh I’m sorry I bent over for Bush and gave businesses a free ride for assisting in illegal wiretaps; I won’t do it again!”
Worse yet, Obama supports the bill! http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/20/155839/542/779/539258
You wonder why I have so little optimism, Hanlon. This is why.
You know, there’s the common wisdom that “Insanity is doing the same thing over, expecting different results”. And I feel, as a Democrat, that expecting the Democrats to do somethiong and stand up for themselves is that.
I feel like we as liberals are in an abusive relationship with our elected officials. “Oh I’m sorry I bent over for Bush and gave businesses a free ride for assisting in illegal wiretaps; I won’t do it again!”
Worse yet, Obama supports the bill! http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/20/155839/542/779/539258
You wonder why I have so little optimism, Hanlon. This is why.
Maybe it’s because the Senate already passed a much worse version of the bill. This version should fly through with barely a shrug.
Maybe it’s because the Senate already passed a much worse version of the bill. This version should fly through with barely a shrug.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/06/large-majority-of-swing-district.html
Reasonable insight
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/06/large-majority-of-swing-district.html
Reasonable insight