Tomorrow, the Senate faces a choice between what is obvious and what is political. We'll see what happens.
As we know, the Senate can be a horrible set of backwashers, passing out favors to each other, rather than 'voting their conscience' or 'voting their constituencies', no matter how much those interests pretend to collide.
If you ever doubted why Joe Lieberman has so much "popularity" in the Senate, look no further than the way that the Homeland Security appropriations formula was changed, under his Leadership.
As I recall, Senator Obama spoke against his proposal. Lieberman's was the backwashing proposal (done with Susan Collins, as memory serves). Obama's was the one that best served the public interest...
Monday, November 17, 2008
Our Senate and Senators
