No, seriously: successful. You see, by Mary Katharine Ham’s count Reid only explicitly lost Senators Lieberman and Lincoln from his own caucus, and Senators Collins & Snowe from ours for his clumsy and ill-planned advocacy of a government ‘public’ option in the Senate health care rationing bill. It was not unreasonable to expect that Reid would not only alienate those four, but Senators Ben Nelson and Landrieu as well; so if one looks at this result and squints it sort of looks like a win for the Senate Majority Leader. If one grades on the curve, that is.
Then again, while the question is not yet moot, there’s a certain amount of mootness creeping in right now…
Moe Lane
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
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Steve Maley
Dan McLaughlin
Neil Stevens
Daniel Horowitz
I like mootness. :-)
Danielle Davis (ocleverone) (Diary) Tuesday, October 27th at 10:16PM EST (link)Good diary as usual, Moe.
To me, “consensus” seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects … There are still people in my party who believe in “consensus” politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors … I mean it. — Margaret Thatcher
Democrats are soooo wise.
itrytobenice (Diary) Tuesday, October 27th at 10:34PM EST (link)They have chosen well. Sen. Harry Reid has been a *magnificent* leader and spokesman for their party. I mean really, can you think of anyone better to represent the amazing successes of their proposals.
Apropos. Really.
And good diary, Moe. Your snark and sarcasm are highly enjoyable. Between you and Darth Cheney’s brutal hooks, I feel blessed.
Proper grammar saves lives.
Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.