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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Cirque du Senate, Take II

Master of the Minority Mitch McConnell's Immodest Turn

In a beautiful, if perhaps unintended, exposition of the hypocrasy of the McConnell legislative obstruction program in the Senate, a New York Times "Congressional Memo: "Muscle Flexing in Senate: G.O.P. Defends Strategy," quotes the Senate Majority Leader today as follows:

I think we are being consistent here against higher taxes, consistently against greater regulation, consistently against creating new causes of action in bill after bill after bill. It's a positive message of our vision of America.

It is a reiteration of last week's Times article, All the Makings of a Carnival, Except the Fun that we highlighted in Cirque du Senate.

So, how well is the McConnell program working? "We have a pretty good sense that the public has figured out they are not too happy with this new Congress." That is, very well indeed. Positively.



Posted by Dana Chasin



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