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KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
8. The Clock Is Ticking...
Tue Nov 20, 2012, 09:00 AM
Nov 2012

Part of this is a "revenge" factor...of the Democrats doing well in the past election but not well enough to take control of the legislature. Call it a legislative tantrum...another chance to push through an agenda rushpublican still feel "empowered" to do based on 2010. This is a way for them to pretend 2012 didn't exist. It's throwing red meat at the base in hopes of rallying them and ending the pity party.

There's also another issue at play here...time. Kaisich and his ilk will be facing re-election in 2014 and time's awastin'. His poll numbers combined with the poor rushpublican showing in the elections means a brusing re-election battle ahead and precious little time to ramrod through whatever right wing noise that they can. He tried busting unions and got busted...here's a chance to rally the "social conservatives" and fundies. It's a gamble Kaisich needs to take if he's gonna have a chance to win in two years. Hopefully he'll get stopped again.

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