“Keep your powder dry, this is an opportunity to organize, not a reason to break ranks.”
Agreed. We went eyeball to eyeball, and Obama blinked. We made some progress towards restoring this country. Did we get everything we wanted? Of course not; but we ended up with a better deal than the Dims, and they still control all branches of government. This cannot be stressed enough: The Dims still control the legislative and executive branches (and much of the judicial branch); yet, for the first time in two years — hell, in four years — we prevailed on one of our issues. Temporary, yes; but prior to Novemeber 2, before the Dims took the shellacking they did, this never would have happened.
Now, if we can kill the DREAM Act, and START, and DADT, then I’d say we’ve had a pretty damn good Autumn.
Dram Act, START and DADT are definitely the real challenge in this lame duck session. No way the GOP could kill extensions of unemployment during the Christmas Season (does no one remember the Gingrich who stole Christmas meme- you could expect more of the same).
Two good things happened because of this- 1).Extension of the tax rate to the end of Obama’s term, 2). the left is livid with Obama, further erosion of his base.
If this is not a win, its definitely not a loss.