tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post6772693493351199862..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Patch Passes, Bicameral Distrust RemainsJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-10998225532099665882010-03-25T15:23:03.624-05:002010-03-25T15:23:03.624-05:00Well, I thought that it was very possible that it ...Well, I thought that it was very possible that it would go that way. I do, however, think that student loans helped seal a unified GOP, and at any rate I said that when it happened. The original 58 was based on all Dems staying together except the Benator, and I figured Nelson was more likely than not, that no one else was likely to switch, and that Snowe and maybe another or two might switch. Still, I said I was guilty of a "weak call" above, so I'm not trying to weasel out of it.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-57122294762256327582010-03-25T15:10:48.451-05:002010-03-25T15:10:48.451-05:00Come on. You missed on the reconciliation vote be...Come on. You missed on the reconciliation vote because you thought a Republican or two would get behind a set of popular fixes. No other way to take the over on 58. Unless you think the student loan thing was enough to drive those Reps away (very dubious, I'd say), then your basic logic that some Reps would see political advantage in voting against the Cornhusker Kickback rather than maintaining a united front was wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com