The Future Of The Senate
By Mitch Berg
The House healthcare vote: on a Saturday, when the news media was out golfing.
The last few healthcare votes – also on Saturdays, to avoid more media scrutiny.
The big kahuna vote in the Senate? Very likely Christmas Eve, when Anderson Cooper and the rest of our elite media will be busy covering shopping lines.
The development came with Senate leaders working round the clock trying to finalize their 10-year, nearly $1 trillion bill in time for a final vote on Christmas Eve. Nelson is emerging as a major obstacle – perhaps the only remaining one – since Democrats need his vote to have the 60 necessary to overcome Republican stalling tactics.
The Pelosi Administration seems to be learning its lesson; next year, votes will be carried out first on the swing shift; when bloggers and talkradio discover this, they’ll vote by meeting at motels in Maryland; eventually our entire system of government will devolve into flash mobs that gather in odd public places, vote, and disperse before they draw attention.
December 18th, 2009 at 10:51 am
If I were running the RNC, I’d be queueing up all the commercials already….contrasting the promise of openness with tactics like this….