tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post2169756196781814107..comments2023-12-30T23:02:57.931-08:00Comments on Deep Thought: A century already, and the GOP still wants 'more time?'Eli Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-61678039294083216152009-09-20T20:43:15.996-07:002009-09-20T20:43:15.996-07:00The real irony is,
with Democrats like Baucus in ...The real irony is,<br /><br />with Democrats like Baucus in positions of power if the GOP really did want to get a less liberal bill (say one without a public option) they could have gotten one. That would have been if one followed the traditional calculus, that votes lost on the left would be replaced with votes from centrist Republicans. =<br /><br />Instead, they've become so reflexively opposed to everything the Democrats send up that they will likely end up with a more liberal bill. Because nothing will get any Republican support (certainly no significant amount of Republican support) the only place that Reid can look for more votes is on the left. And that will probably require a public option. <br /><br />So by their very opposition the GOP has guaranteed that the bill that comes to the floor will be more liberal than what they would see if they had negotiated in good faith.<br /><br />Further, by pushing all their chips in on a sink-or-win kind of gamble that they can defeat the bill straight up, they also risk losing, which they probably will since Democrats remember well the consequences of failure in 1994. The risk to the GOP is then pretty plain: they will be seen as pushing to the hilt to defeat this, and if it comes in and people like it (and they may) then the GOP will seem woefully out of touch.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-35364514709483413262009-09-20T08:57:06.125-07:002009-09-20T08:57:06.125-07:00More time for what? Another breakdown in our econo...More time for what? Another breakdown in our economy which the same 2% will capitalize on? Only criminals, slackers, and those who have no idea what to do, try to buy time.<br /><br />There is no reason to procrastinate. We have 51 votes. Let's proceed and let the sore losers cry in their beer. They don't have any idea what else to do. <br /><br />We do.sandyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953353795729444943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-73204871890989800272009-09-19T05:17:37.137-07:002009-09-19T05:17:37.137-07:00You do realize the GOP isn't stopping the Demo...You do realize the GOP isn't stopping the Democratic majority, don't you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com