{"id":13079,"date":"2013-09-25T09:12:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T16:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=13079"},"modified":"2013-09-25T09:12:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T16:12:24","slug":"does-not-like-green-eggs-or-ham-damned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2013\/09\/25\/does-not-like-green-eggs-or-ham-damned\/","title":{"rendered":"does not like green eggs or ham, damned."},"content":{"rendered":"

I suppose Ted Cruz gives a good illustration of the argument for the peeling away of the Senate’s new 60 vote threshold norm over to “If you want to Filibuster, we gotta make it so you’re talking”. \u00c2\u00a0In the gauge of debating the merits of various filibuster reforms, I’d seen the “There’s no shortage of right wing think tank studies these politicos can throw out there”. \u00c2\u00a0True enough, but what we see with Ted Cruz’s adventures is … a now “iconic” “Green Eggs and Ham” reading<\/a>, political theater that is largely mockable<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0 Even if it solidifies his fan club — “Ted Cruz Takes His Stand” — and fund-raising — I think Democrats can take Wendy Davis’s filibuster in Texas over Ted Cruz’s in the US Senate.<\/p>\n

(There are, of course, other methods of political theater available for political figures. \u00c2\u00a0See the current storyline about David Vitte<\/a>r. \u00c2\u00a0Interesting to note, googling David Vitter brings up a famous photograph of Al Franken — which begs the question of a recurring keyword search to my blog about Senators in Diaper — who is everyone looking for?)<\/p>\n

So we get two different sets of tweets and live blog comments. \u00c2\u00a0And a dizzying “bottom half of the Internet” which is best left ignored.<\/p>\n

Inevitably historical perspective commenting weighs in to argue that “we’ve been here before”. \u00c2\u00a0Also, we get from some sources a dizzying narrative — see here at Reason — on how this ought be blamed on the Senate Democrats<\/a>, because… urm? \u00c2\u00a0This is legitimate procedure somehow?\u00c2\u00a0 The polls seem to be pretty clear that the public understands the problem of partisan brinkmanship in using this process to undo a legislative accomplishment from the other party<\/a>, whatever its merits or detriments. \u00c2\u00a0I half wonder if this would be the moment that “Obamacare”‘s poll ratings shift into the favorable<\/p>\n

Whether or not this is “new”… and we get this fact check report to judge this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Democratic Senator Harry Byrd against Dwight Eisenhower on Highway Construction. \u00c2\u00a0I think history vindicates Eisenhower on this one. \u00c2\u00a0Also, it’s worth noting the flavor of “Democratic Party” credentials of Harry Byrd… Harry Byrd didn’t vote for any Democratic Presidential candidate after Roosevelt in 1932… and was this lagging force in the party’s evolution (Eisenhower mocked the two contradictory wings of the party while trying to carve out the meaning of “Modern Republicanism”.)
\nDemocrats against Nixon for Post-Watergate Campaign Finance Reform. \u00c2\u00a0Okay, this was a cheap shot. \u00c2\u00a0But we’re still a ways off from the end-game, and it ends up with a lot of bluster.
\nRepublicans in the Reagan Administration stock-piling conservative social issues — school prayer — to be wiped out by the end. \u00c2\u00a0This is called political grand-standing. \u00c2\u00a0I don’t think History vindicates them much.
\nAnd some popular concessions were pulled out against Carter in the midst of the Oil Embargo.<\/p>\n

Yeah. \u00c2\u00a0And didn’t John Calhoun do something?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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