Reply #100: No, I'm fine with it - it's a point worth making [View All]

[anigbrowl]

I think both strategies work out OK in the long term. by following the 60 vote strategy, Reid and Obama don't get reform done as fast, but on the other hand they can legitimately say 'we tried working with the Republicans for a whole year and they wouldn't cooperate with us on anything'. I didn't want Obama to start governing like Bush as soon as he came into office. It's frustrating not to be able to do an 'anti-Bush' and push through progressive legislation at high speed, but refraining from doing so pays better dividends over the long term, IMHO, by denying free ammo to the GOP.