I find this entire debacle nothing short of bizarre. The idea that Democrats had no choice but to support this - for the sake of moderation, bipartisanship, pragmatism, or whatever - is, in fact, more heavily political than the argument that ought to have opposed it.
Raising campaign contribution limits, partial repeal of Dodd-Frank, even overruling DC's legalization of marijuana - these are policies that are unpopular even among many Republican-leaning sections the general public. It reminds me of nothing so much as the persistent, ridiculous argument that Democrats would be doomed if they didn't adopt Bowles-Simpson as the foundation of their federal agenda.
I'm kind of amazed Obama wants to sign it honestly. Man, if this is what compromise looks like, I sure want more
Of course it didn't defund ObamaCare or the immigration executive order, but either of those two things would be a break from the status quo rather than a continuation of it. Of course the Tea Party threw its little conniption, but thankfully they're irrelevant enough at this point for the Republicans to pass it party line without their useless brinkmanship. The Congressional Republicans did something competent for once!
