Dems need the Repug filibuster – before the election!
David Axelrod has a stupidly optimistic prediction that the Repugs will cave on Obama plan to only extend the Shrubya tax cuts after the November election. He’s totally unclear on the concept – that’s too fucking late! The Repugs could easily have re-infested the House and there is still a chance they could retake the Senate as well by then.
What the Spineless Dems should do is take this up now before the election, then get priceless footage of Repug candidates filibustering tax cuts. That might not save Dem bacon, but such footage would be the gift that keeps on giving for the attack ads of tomorrow!
*Update* Or are they spineless? Median Senator net worth is $1.7M, Representative $645K, with over 44% of Congress worth $1M+, and 50 members worth over $10M. Quite likely they want to extend their own tax cuts.
*Update 3:41PM* Great post by Juan Cole on Dems keeping the Senate this year. Mostly I love his quote:
“Since there are only two parties in the US, and one has gone bonkers, every election is now a game of Russian roulette for the American republic. But this time, at least, the chamber that has come up looks to be empty.”
Tags: David Axelrod, democratic party, George H.W. Bush, Republican Party, tax cuts
September 27th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
David Axelrod: brilliant presidential election campaign, teh stupid in the White House.
Democrats: teh stupid generally.
September 27th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Yeah, it’s pathetic. Or maybe they are stupid rich – aren’t most of the Dems in Congress millionaires?