“ If Obama agrees to use reconciliation [to pass healthcare reform], he will permanently affix himself to the liberal wing of his party and permanently alienate independents.
Brooks is wrong here. Reconciliation is a procedural manuever thta would allow the bill to pass with a bare majority rather than the 60 votes necessary to stop a filibuster. (Without Ted Kennedy, 50 votes is now a majority.) It’s absurd to insist that a majority of the Senate is the “liberal wing” of the Democratic party.
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More than that, i don’t remember Brooks pitching a fit when the Republicans used reconciliation to push through Bush’s tax cuts. Then again, it’s hard to find someone who believes in the “It’s OK if you’re a Republican” philosophy more than David fucking Brooks.
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