“Why even bother, this will go nowhere.”
The only 2 reasons I can think of would be 1) that the far-left liberals are trying to do something that their base can be happy about; and 2) the Democrats are trying like the devil to make social issues a bigger issue for the 2012 presidential elections to detract attention from the disasterous economy.
Correct. They are VERY unhappy right now with the Messiah as he seems to be completely about to shaft them on entitlements.
Yep, this is pure politics. This is just a bit of red meat to throw to the base to get them fired up even though even the most delusional lefty knows it will get nowhere.