Dems want to drop Boxer-Kerry; let’s hope CA just drops Boxer
Maybe if Ma’am Barbara Boxer had crafted less ambitious legislation to regulate greenhouse gases via her cap ‘n trade bill, she might have made more headway in securing its passage. Maybe if she were more adept at reaching across the political aisle, she could have rounded up some Republican support for her signature project this session, the Boxer-Kerry economy-wide cap ‘n trade legislation.
But, like most Barbara Boxer bills, this one is going nowhere fast. Now completing her seventeenth year in the U.S. Senate, Ma’am has seen just three of her bills become law.
Bruised by the health care debate and worried about what 2010 will bring, moderate Senate Democrats are urging the White House to give up now on any effort to pass a cap-and-trade bill next year.
And while these supposed “moderates”* urging the White House to drop Boxer-Kerry, “some in the Democratic leadership appear to be listening.”
Asked about cap and trade last week, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said: “At this point I’d like to see a complete bill, but we have to be realistic.”
Um, Dick, I thought your California colleague introduced a complete bill. But, then, again, maybe the Number Two Senate Democrat doesn’t take very seriously the work of the junior Senator from California.
Guess we should all be grateful that Barbara Boxer has been so ineffective in the Senate. Had she been able to accomplish more, we would have seen even greater regulation these past 17 years, ever higher taxes with less freedom and fewer jobs (the necessary concomitants to the regulatory schemes the three-term Democrat loves).
*While Politico calls them moderates, I can’t really use that descriptor for any Senator who voted for the regulatory scheme they passed before adjourning on Christmas Eve.
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Current events make you wonder why libs are keen on dumping tons of money down the sh*t hole to accomplish nothing rather than providing decent transportation security.
Somebody needs to realize that no matter what you do, folks are gonna bitch about it. I was working at Continental Airlines on 9/11. We had so many people who called reservations partly to bitch about the lack of airline security. Then when we got the security measures in place, people bitched constantly about what an imposition it was. Somebody, Napolitano, Obama, somebody needs grab their sack and say “Here’s what we’re gonna do…” and do it. We need common sense rules instead of this idiotic bullshit about blankets and what not.
Why doesn’t anybody consult El Al for suggestions? How’s that profiling working out for them?
Comment by ThatGayConservative — December 29, 2009 @ 5:07 am - December 29, 2009
Well dropping this monstrosity would be welcome news indeed, though the SOBs should still pay at the polls for scaring the beejesus out of everyone for no good reason.
Comment by John — December 29, 2009 @ 10:59 am - December 29, 2009
Why should Congress and the White House care about transportation security. They don’t fly public transport.
We won’t have any real common sense rules and laws until we get rid of this American Royalty and go back to citizen legislatures. I swear, half, or more, of the elites hatred against George W. Bush and now Sarah Palin is that they tried so hard to be ordinary citizens with important jobs, not important people put into royalty.
Comment by Peter — December 30, 2009 @ 1:18 am - December 30, 2009