Reply #6: I"ll give it to you, it's a great post, but...

[The Doctor.]

He never 'promised to vote against X', he said he would work to strip the immunity provision.

I know... that's because I know more than Joe Voter, and Joe Voter only cares about the image presented by the media. All in all, I can't see this causing huge damage to him, nor do I see him as 'enabling' the BA.

On balance, there was little he could have done right on this one way or another, and if you think that the Republicans wouldn't have squeezed some leverage out of "he voted against finding terrorists" then you really haven't been paying attention to just how much they can twist some things. And yes, the media would have been all too happy to go along with them.


Yes, he stepped in shit to dodge a bullet that may or may not have hurt him.


Very good points though. Great OP.