This is what the flurry of Democratic surrender to Bush has been about.
After months of sniping and stalemate, a hyper-partisan Congress is experiencing a sudden burst of harmony and productivity, as illustrated by the easy House approval on Friday of a divisive and long-stalled terror surveillance measure.
Swift deals were also reached in recent days on unrestricted war spending, an extension of jobless benefits and a major new college aid program for veterans. In addition, a measure drafted in response to the mortgage crisis is making solid progress in the Senate.
Has a new day dawned on Capitol Hill?
Perhaps, but it is Election Day lawmakers are really worried about. This week’s accords reflected a clear calculation by leaders of both parties that they needed to dispose of some politically treacherous issues now, rather than risk fighting them out in the weeks immediately before the November election.
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NOT "both parties". The Democrats. The Pubs would like nothing better than for McCain to be able to accuse the Dems of running a "do-nothing Congress", which is one of the reasons they've used the DLC/BD Alliance to block any Dem initiative that wasn't a total capitulation to Bush.
South Africa got rid of minority government years ago but the US still has it. Like the despised Likkud in Israel, a tiny chunk of right-wing Dems is controlling the country's agenda and keeping it very conservative even though most of the party doesn't want it that way.
If somebody doesn't break the power of the DLC soon, we'll find ourselves under Republican rule no matter who wins the elections.
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