Byron York wrote an interesting piece for the Washington Examiner. York spoke to a democratic strategist, who prefers to remain anonymous, why the democrats are willing to commit political suicide to pass a health care bill the American people clearly don’t want. He went through the thinking in the House, Senate and White House. But then came the real truth of the matter.
All those scenarios have a certain logic (even if the Senate calculation undercounts the number of potentially vulnerable Democrats). But each scenario is premised on passing an unpopular bill that hurts the party. Even if there’s a strategic rationale for doing it, why are Democrats dead-set on hurting themselves?
“Because they think they know what’s best for the public,” the strategist said. “They think the facts are being distorted and the public’s being told a story that is not entirely true, and that they are in Congress to be leaders. And they are going to make the decision because Goddammit, it’s good for the public.”
Of course, going forward has turned out to be harder than many Democrats thought. And now, with various proposals lying wrecked along the road, the true believers are practicing what the strategist calls “principled damage control.”
But still, does it make sense? In the end, perhaps the most compelling explanation for Democratic behavior is that they are simply in too deep to do anything else. “Once you’ve gone this far, what is the cost of failure?” asks the strategist.
At that point — Republicans will love this — he compared congressional Democrats with robbers who have passed the point of no return in deciding to hold up a bank. Whatever they do, they’re guilty of something. “They’re in the bank, they’ve got their guns out. They can run outside with no money, or they can stick it out, go through the gunfight, and get away with the money.”
No wonder he doesn’t want this attributed to him. Democrats think they know better than we do how to insulate our homes, feed ourselves and our families, negotiate for better wages, and any other decision that once would have been considered personal. They just don’t want you to know about it.
Via memeorandum
What’s best my @ss!
Knowing “what’s best” and executing the Will of the People are two different things.
They are NOT tasked with some self serving power grab under the guise of doing “what’s best.”
I feel like I’m in a nightmare and can’t wake up!
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“Good for the public”. Ahhh, I guess that’s why lawmakers are exempt from this plan. But this is just an example of a Democrat strategist speaking his mind, he must do it anonymously. The dirty secret to this is that this is the think of ALL of Washington D.C. These potentates need to be gone.
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