The left is splintered into one side, which is too ideological, and another side, which is too moderate/"pragmatic" (I'm not sure who's pragmatic here, quite frankly). I'm inclined to agree with the idea that if we can't get a public option, we should kill the bill, yet I'm sympathetic to Krugman and Boo's argument that the stronger cost controls can wait, and that the uninsured need those subsidies now rather than our ideological fight and long-term knowledge.
But maybe that's just "Eat shit and shit ponies later" and doomed to failure. Or maybe it should be seen as a small, but significant win, and guys like rootless2 are right when they say the left is always willing to suffer the big loss because next time we'll get the big win (shrug) So I dunno, WTF?
If that makes any sense.
Meh. Like I said, thank god for Bowl Games. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
The annoying thing about all of it is that I find myself agreeing with all criticisms of everybody. Obama's a pansy, and Jane Hamsher is nuts.
LMAO.
The looming failure of the Obama administration stems from what didn't happen 10 - 15 years ago. The Progressives didn't sit down, do some analysis, come-up with policy prescriptions, and a way to sell them.
Right now the political climate in the US could be changed if the leaders of the Progressive Caucus and the Left, in general, weren't second and third rate bottom feeders.
But they are, so it won't.
