If Reid now knows that the Senate GOP will keep playing this game, he needs to cobble together one omnibus alternative that includes Webb-Hagel and whatever mission change proposal from Reed or Salazar or whomever has the whip hand at the time. He needs to try one more time with this as the one and only alternative to the "blank check" rubber stamp. And when McConnell filibusters this, then walk away and let the Senate GOP filibuster until hell freezes over.
When Bush begins to bellow about how it is the Senate's job to send him something he can sign, Reid should immediately correct him and say that it is not the Senate's job to be a rubber stamp, but rather to protect American troops and our national security, a responsibility that Bush has abandoned.
Friday, September 21, 2007
The Incompetence of Harry Reid
It's been another bad week for the Democrats in the Senate. Steve Soto explains that it's largely the result of the incompetence of Majority Leader harry Reid. Steve also has some advice for Reid on what he should do now.
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Agreed. Reid should act like a true majority leader at this point. Hang the war around the GOP's necks and make sure voters remember the "party before country" attitudes of Mitch et al. come 2008.
ReplyDeleteHopefully, Reid et al. have learned their lesson following this.