Which is odd – that’s the sort of thing you’d think would appeal to Vitter, at least….

I’ve started to wonder if Democratic politicians walk into a car dealership and offer more than the sticker price and then help the salesman bargain down the value of their trade-in.

They’re also unwilling to call a bluff. I’m so sick of hearing about the filibuster; just once i’d like to see Reid say, “Well then, go right the fuck ahead and filibuster.” Somewhere along the line the threat of a filibuster became the same thing as an actual filibuster, because for all the times i’ve heard that it’s been invoked, i’ve seen very little C-Span footage of Republican Senators wearing diapers so they can read the phonebook for three straight days.

Until they’re willing to play that way, they’re going to continue to get punked at every turn. This is DC here – nobody is going to give you power. You have to take it.

So if the Republicans have this plan (and seems both cynical and logical enough to be true), then the lynchpin holding it together is the incompetency and corruption of the Democrats. I’m not sure it matters, though, because the Dems are just as incompetent in the minority as they are in the majority. And in terms of policy implementation there’s little to no difference between them anymore: they’re both neo-liberal fascists. (note, that word used to indicate the wedding of state and corporate power rather than a Hitler mustache)

And the Dems are only screwed because the party is so willing to throw its own base under the bus.

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