Monday, February 28, 2005
Write to the Democrats: NO COMPROMISE ON SSI.
The Democratic party's co-dependent wing is seeking a "bipartisan compromise" on Social Security. This is a foolish idea.
Various blogs, such as MaxSpeak, and Tapped/Yglesias, set forth various reasons why compromise at this point is a bad idea. The bottom line, however is quite simple: the Democrats need a victory - any victory - over the Bush Agenda in order to negotiate effectively with the Republican majority.
The Republicans started out with a radically partisan agenda, making no attempt at bipartisan compromise. Democrats now have a chance to hand that governing strategy a major defeat. This would at the very least force the Republicans to stop their steamroller tactics. Best of all, in our media-driven electorate, defeating the Charles Keating Social Security Reformation plan would turn around the "Democrats as hopeless losers" theme currently favored by pundits.
PROPOSE POSSIBLE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM FIXES NEXT CONGRESS - DEFEAT THE BUSH AGENDA NOW!
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Various blogs, such as MaxSpeak, and Tapped/Yglesias, set forth various reasons why compromise at this point is a bad idea. The bottom line, however is quite simple: the Democrats need a victory - any victory - over the Bush Agenda in order to negotiate effectively with the Republican majority.
The Republicans started out with a radically partisan agenda, making no attempt at bipartisan compromise. Democrats now have a chance to hand that governing strategy a major defeat. This would at the very least force the Republicans to stop their steamroller tactics. Best of all, in our media-driven electorate, defeating the Charles Keating Social Security Reformation plan would turn around the "Democrats as hopeless losers" theme currently favored by pundits.
PROPOSE POSSIBLE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM FIXES NEXT CONGRESS - DEFEAT THE BUSH AGENDA NOW!
