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Not that we'd actually want them to act on this

Steve Bennen:

Late Friday, shortly before the Senate recessed and its members left town, a group of 64 senators sent a letter to President Obama, seeking some help on fiscal issues.

The group was organized by Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), and was deliberately perfect in its bipartisan qualities -- it was co-signed by 32 Democrats and 32 Republicans, all of whom want the White House to back a "comprehensive" package to tackle the "critical" issue of deficit reduction. (One can apparently only dream of such an interest in job creation.)

Keep in mind, the Gang of 64 didn't make any kind of policy recommendations. The letter seemed provocative by virtue of its endorsees, but the request of the president was itself bland and generic. The bipartisan senators want "a broad approach," which helps reach "consensus," and believes a White House endorsement of such an effort would send a "strong signal."

Ezra Klein (via Bennen):

In this letter, 64 senators manage to sound like an interest group begging the White House for support rather than a supermajority of the United States Senate -- which is to say, a coalition of men and women who could, on their own, draft and pass the very legislation they're talking about. Which raises the question: Why are they writing this letter rather than the legislation this letter claims to want?

I think for now on every Friday night, min, Wanyas and i will write a letter to Bob demanding that he decide what we should order for dinner. But we won't tell him what we want. And we'll complain about it when it arrives.

By fnord12 | March 21, 2011, 9:52 AM | Liberal Outrage


Comments

The good news with this suggestion is that I am always happy with where we order from.

The bad news is that I can never make a decision about food, so this process will prevent us from ever eating.

wait, i thought this was already the current process.