tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859126.post6537642953382283802..comments2023-10-28T06:41:07.069-07:00Comments on Ambition, Impatience and Sloth: Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427208386709900367noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859126.post-40695365325303983702009-12-19T17:46:29.260-08:002009-12-19T17:46:29.260-08:00It is important to have a passionate left to pull ...It is important to have a passionate left to pull the debate leftward. It might even be really good to have some pissed-off lefties rejecting the bill right now so it looks like a reasonable centrist compromise. G-d knows Lieberman is more likely to stay on board if he thinks Anthony Weiner and the Lamont voters are upset about the bill, and maybe it makes David Broder more likely to back it too. The trick is that the left can't actually bring the bill down or the whole purpose is defeated.The Navigatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859126.post-28824212282870972452009-12-19T12:09:44.879-08:002009-12-19T12:09:44.879-08:00Sounds like Nelson is on board, which gets us pret...Sounds like Nelson is on board, which gets us pretty close to all systems go. <br /><br />If it passes, I wonder how the FDL/MoveOn/Kos types will react. Maybe it'll smack a little sense into them. To me, their opposition feels painfully similar to my self-righteous and incredibly dumb Nader support from a decade back...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06427208386709900367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859126.post-63729088197313510792009-12-18T20:52:13.258-08:002009-12-18T20:52:13.258-08:00Well said. I think there's every chance that ...Well said. I think there's every chance that the Dems will never see a political benefit from passing this - the benefits are so amorphous, and future-shifted, and limited in scope, that there may not be any significant chunk of voters who actually reward the Dems for passing this. And in the meantime a generalized, inchoate, economy-driven anti-incumbent and anti-government sentiment may result in some Dems losing their seats over this. But for all that, it's the right thing to do, and it's to the everlasting credit of its backers that they're fighting for this.The Navigatornoreply@blogger.com