Really, just stop. I know the WSJ editorial page is having a love affair with New Hampshire Republicans, and I know you are keeping your name rec up for a re-tread race for NH-Sen, but please... just stop complaining. Like the way you told us to.
Late last week President Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders agreed to use "budget reconciliation" if necessary to jam a massive health-care bill through Congress.
Most Americans probably greeted this news with the glazed eyes and yawns that should rightfully accompany any discussion of "the federal budget process" longer than 30 seconds. But this decision is a deeply troublesome attempt to circumvent the normal and customary workings of American democracy.
It's a radical departure from congressional precedent, in which budget rules have been designed and used to reduce deficits, not expand the size of government. And it promises bitter divisiveness under an administration that has made repeated promises to reach across the partisan divide.
My favorite part of this is not how he skillfully and willfully ignores how his buddy Judd used reconciliation to jam tax cuts for the wealthiest down the throats of the rest of us.
My favorite part is how he manages to insult the intelligence of the electorate just one paragraph in. That's eerily reminiscent of dad's "sheep" remark.
My second favorite part is how nowhere in the piece does he disclose that he sits on the board of a medical technology company.
