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A Senate Democratic Chief of Staff has written to Josh Marshall that progressives will have misplaced anger if the Senate Democrats don’t get all 59+1 in their caucus to line up to have a health care bill to debate. Bull. The entire reason we have that many in the Democratic caucus is to vote for bills like health care reform, not to whine and moan about doing the job they’re supposed to.
Voting for health care reform – and at the ultimate least, voting for that bill to get to a floor vote – should be a fundamental element of being in the Democratic caucus. If you’re going to be against it, you shouldn’t be there in the first place. There is a party opposed to reform of of one of the most important elements in American society. It is called the Republican party.
Senate Dems and their staffers have coasted along for far too long, protected from the world of actual politics because for so long they could do no more than toothless stunts and speeches. Now they’ve got to step up to the plate and deliver, and playing CYA wont’ cut it.
UPDATE: Chris Rock said it best.
N***as always want credit for some shit they supposed to do. A n***a will brag about some shit a normal man just does. A n***a will say some shit like, “I take care of my kids.” You’re supposed to, you dumb motherfucker! What kind of ignorant shit is that? “I ain’t never been to jail!” What do you want, a cookie?! You’re not supposed to go to jail, you low-expectation-having motherfucker!
It’s the problem with dealing with career politicians, they care more about keeping their job than doing their job.
Man you and Chris Rock said it much better than my comment to TPM did.
Blue dogs have been given long leashes with their chairmanships
I find my fellow Dems exhibiting that same behavior. Because Obama hasn’t delivered the world on a spoon yet, they are feeling betrayed.
There’s stuff to criticize, sure, but after the 8 years of GWB, a rush to judgement is not something we should be begging for!