Reply #26: public option, DADT, DOMA, ENDA, cap and trade, EFCA, Arne Duncan...

[LooseWilly]

I'm pretty sure it would've become obvious to the Left that they were along for the ride, at best... and that the boys and girls in the Whitehouse aren't interested in taking chances by working on their interests ('special interests'?) when there might be some Republican-Lite voters to be wooed with GHWB-style policies...

To be sure though, that was probably the promptest slap-in-the-face that the Left has ever gotten from a Democratic administration. (See above comment about wooing Republican-Lites for my theory of the political calculus involved.)

But the administration's fierceness in this fight... may just go a ways in mending... :rofl:

Sorry, I couldn't keep a straight face while typing that. Maybe next time...

I am curious to see how the administration's political calculus works out. (From a strictly theoretical perspective... why harbor any delusions of this administration doing any work to represent the interests of the Left?... it has been fascinating to watch myself shift from activist to disengaged spectator though.)