“Not so fast...”if” the Gelding Old Party gets a testicle & spine implant before next year, they will be able to begin to retake the House and/or Senate...and “maybe” when & if they do retake either or both houses, they will do a better job of leadership than they did the last time they were in the Majority.”
True, but between now and then, the damage that will be done is immense. Without the threat of a filibuster, universal health care and cap & trade (and many other devastating bills) are a foregone conclusion.
Reconciliation could have still worked to pass these but they would have been politically unpopular and restricted to the 10 year rule...we could have at least somewhat neutered a few of the bills.
That is all lost now assuming Specter will vote for cloture with the Dems, and I do not doubt that he will otherwise he would have gone independent. Someone set the conditions for his switch for him to go all the way Dem. The back alley deals are sickening.
well, we still have to wait & see if the comedian from MN is declared the winner...