On the Democrats
I’m going to rip off somebody I can’t remember, but let’s say it was Ezra Klein.
The point of having a majority is not to keep it forever. The point is to do as much good stuff as possible while you have the majority before the pendulum swings (and it always swings) back in the other direction.
The civilness of the party is nice and all, but personally I’d much rather have single payer passed through reconciliation, and I bet so would most of the country 20 years from now when the names Snowe, Lieberman, etc. are nearly forgotten.
Most of the country wants the public option now. Let’s be clear, most of the problem is caused by cowards who think that being in the legislature is more important then legislating.
