It is going to be a very rough two years, and the election in 2012 is going to be brutal. Obama seems to have no interest in triangulating, and pushing through controversial legislation like this in a lame duck session, would poison the waters. But it will be filibustered, and die. I am beginning to think that Obama just is not a very effective politician. Bring back Clinton!
Considering that Republicans used to support this piece of legislation, I don't see why Obama pushing this in a lame duck session is so bad. I support this legislation and damn the Republicans if they filibuster it, or if the ones who support it don't vote for cloture. Are there any amendments to this bill that the Democrats are refusing to hear? In that case I would be more sympathetic. But from my view it looks like the Republicans are continuing their strategy of saying no to everything, the country be damned. The START treaty is a perfect example of that. And we are supposed to trust these people with governing, when they can't think beyond winning the next news cycle?
