Politico: Why didn’t GOP rescue Democrats from their own foolish constitutional amendment?

Hot Air ^ | 9 Sep 2014 | Noah Rothman

[Vaduz]

Democrats = Fabian Socialists

[etcb]

But in a rare moment of savvy political jujitsu, McConnell convinced his caucus to let this come to the floor for full discussion and vote, to expose the cynical ploy for exactly what it is.

Thank you for this insightful analysis. All too frequently the knee jerk reaction here is to blame republican leadership for every wrong headed action by democrats. Actually, McConnell often does quite well with what he has to work with.

[Billthedrill]

What we have here is the Mount Everest, the Mona Lisa, of hypocrisy. If the Dems don’t want the thing to chew up “valuable” floor time, then don’t propose it. Period.

[tanknetter]

McConnell, who appears to be on an upswing polling wise, is getting hammered on the big money in politics issue by political groups that rely on big money to survive. Liberal political groups, that is.

So he may be trying to leverage what was supposed to be a “gotcha” Senate procedurel vote against them. Not sure how well, if at all, it’ll play in KY.

[Rummyfan]

First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.

How true. And sad...

[houeto]

You are the only one I have seen so far that wrote exactly what I’ve been thinking. Kudos kevkrom!