tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post5406237779864543970..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Keep 'Em In, Harry ReduxJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-86083030462988981842010-12-17T12:17:39.906-06:002010-12-17T12:17:39.906-06:00Oh, I'm not saying he had the votes on energy ...Oh, I'm not saying he had the votes on energy or immigration. I'm just saying that he could have held GOP feet to the fire in other ways.<br /><br />The argument isn't so much over bills passed or not; it's over what those bills looked like. I think that, if he played his cards better, a lot of those "moderates" would have jumped on board for bigger and better things than they did.Matt Jarvisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-18695752318124516192010-12-16T21:11:24.639-06:002010-12-16T21:11:24.639-06:00Matt,
No, not particularly. I've said that I...Matt,<br /><br />No, not particularly. I've said that I think he's made some mistakes, but on the big things that didn't get done -- climate/energy, comprehensive immigration -- he just didn't have the votes. The bottom line on the 111th is that they got an enormous amount done. Could they have done 10% more if he made perfect choices? Sure, that's possible -- but I can imagine a lot of ways things could have collapsed, too.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-70695890773148940012010-12-16T17:53:36.334-06:002010-12-16T17:53:36.334-06:00So, now Jon, that you see Reid behaving like he ha...So, now Jon, that you see Reid behaving like he has some gumption, do you see the argument Buchler and I have been pushing that Reid had, up until now, been pretty feckless?<br /><br />These are tactics he could ahve employed over the last two years, and never did until now.Matt Jarvisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-14914669408795072302010-12-16T17:09:17.994-06:002010-12-16T17:09:17.994-06:00Yeah, I do want to apologize to everyone for some ...Yeah, I do want to apologize to everyone for some pretty awful writing, above. Good catch.<br /><br />Hmmm....I can't place the quote within an episode. Season six, maybe?Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-11093670761523523882010-12-16T16:24:13.638-06:002010-12-16T16:24:13.638-06:00'That is the clock our Republican colleagues n...'That is the clock our Republican colleagues need to run out. It's a long clock.'<br /><br />'Harry Reid isn't going to give up in the early afternoon; he's saying, as he should be, that he and the Democrats are going to sprint to the wire.'<br /><br />Said Buffy to Spike, 'Need a few more metaphors for that little mix?'<br /><br />That could be good for a game of 'identify the episode'.David Tomlinnoreply@blogger.com