Pyrrhic Solution to Rubik’s Chinese Puzzle: Sustainable Pork Surge?
Here’s one of those little steel balls falling out: Politico, Stupak aims to sink “unacceptable” abortion compromise. Damn, this thing’s hard! Weekly Standard does the math, points out that even if they get all the little steel abortion balls in the holes, they’ll need to line up the colors on the public option thing.
OK, a quick metaphor mix …
Bill Kristol on the Dems’ Pyrrhic victory, and how it behooves the GOP to help the Dems undo themselves. Uh oh, they’re calling in their cracked troops … it’s Surrendering Joe Biden, the hero of Afghanistan! He counsels abandonment of key principles.
Lefty Inquirer columnist advocates declaring quagmire to be victory!
Axelrod on ABC’s “This Week” is confident House and Senate can be reconciled. Maybe he’s thinking surge … of pork!
OK, another quick metaphor mix. Washington Post editorial likes “sustainable” health care, notes the difficulty of attaining. Hmm … maybe there’s a good decline-hiding trick. WaPo ed board also thinks Obama’s first year has shown him willing to make “tough decisions” in his first year on financial bailout and Afghanistan, which suggests WaPo ed board is being ironic … given that he handed the first off to pork-happy Congress and split the baby in an unsuccessful effort to please everyone on the second.
Examiner: Ever wondered why they don’t just throw the whole thing out and start over? … Not really. They’d have to admit the bill that the president didn’t submit to Congress in the first place was a bad idea.
OK, back to business with another quick metaphor mix: NYT checks out Christmas tree ornaments …
Topics: pols
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:20 am Comments (0) on Sunday, December 20, 2009
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