Mitchell Bard: Baucus Debacle Shows Why Democrats Have to Stop Trying to Woo Republican Lawmakers
What Democrats have to realize is some exceptionally simple math: 60 seats in the Senate + 256 seats in the House + 365 electoral votes = They get to do what they said they would do during the campaign.
Brian Ross: Barack Obama and the Downside of Turning Down Lobbyists
The Obama administration has been unable to master co-option. They have tried to manipulate the puppets on Capitol Hill instead of the people pulling the strings.