A stopped clock is right twice a day, which is about 100 times more frequently than the United States Senate, which today did the right thing and turned down the “deficit reduction” commission, the brainchild (the child has been adopted by Obama, I’m sorry to say) of the people who believe in tax cuts for the wealthy and the destruction of social security for the rest of us.
Kudos to Chris Dodd, who voted against it. The roll call is here. One nice thing, I suppose, about not seeking re-election is that it frees one up to vote right, if that is one’s wish. The vote was 53-47 for the commission, but of course in today’s topsy turvy Senate world, it takes 60 votes to pass anything. It would be interesting to know how many of those “yes” votes were cover-your-ass votes.
I’m not sure what is more shameful: The Senate’s chronic dysfunction and inability to exercise its constitutional function, or the craven desire on the part of so many Senators to off-load their constitutional function so someone else can take the heat for making decisions they are supposed to make.
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