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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
See the second half of this. You have moderates from both parties supporting a bill, and the more extreme types opposing it.
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Didn't read it, but your characterization is right, for the moment. What has been clear from the beginning is that there were some people who would never be satisfied (i.e., those who are in the pockets of trial lawyers). The current state of things is (like maybe all things political) the result of consensus building. They traded a few R's (who at this point are only just threatening not to support it) to pick up a few Ds.
The hope is that Kyl (or whoever that guy is from Arizona) and his crowd won't thumb their noses at the party and the 20 year morass when it comes to a final vote. Believe me, its enough of a proxy for me that I will make a list of every person on both sides of the aisle who vote against a compromise that ultimately passes.
My impressions of this stuff have been formed over time though. So when it was basically Rs vs. Ds, there were a few Ds who sorta stood out as being at least somewhat reasonable about negotiating and all.
Anyway, that's all I'm sayin. I get a chance to throw some money against Durbin, I'm reachin deep.
