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Mon Jan 30, 2012 at 17:56:51 PM MST
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FDL tells me the good news:
On the front of Politico is an article about how the big bipartisan deals that used to be relatively common in Congress now appear to be a thing of the past. From Politico:
Call it the Split the Difference Scenario - a dream of Washington at its civic-minded best that has flourished for decades, even as the reality of Washington became ever more snarling and contentious.
Sometimes, the dream even came true, in iconic closed-door moments: a bipartisan bargain over Social Security in 1983, a high-drama budget summit at Andrews Air Force Base in 1990, a landmark spending accord between Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich in 1997.
The striking fact about Washington at the start of 2012 is how many people, in public and private, say they have concluded that the capital is no longer a city of splittable differences.
A-effin'-men to that. Do-Nothing Doug Lamborn didn't need to read this news. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet do. And if they don't believe it, tell them about that Great Bipartisan Rapist Grover Norquist. Instead, Democrats in DC have permission (as if they ever didn't, see Truman, Harry; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano) to act like Democrats and quit negotiating with those who have no intention to negotiate.
UPDATE: If you have the time, Digby explicates beautifully. |
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