A key Democratic senator on Friday said that Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) scrapped the bipartisan jobs bill presented Thursday because he thought Republicans would not support it.WELL NO FOOLIN' THERE, HARRY?
Senate Finance Committee member Tom Carper (D-Del.), whose panel crafted the original bill, said that Reid questioned the GOP's willingess to support the $80 billion package in a closed meeting even though it was supported by the panel's ranking Republican Chuck Grassley (Iowa).
"Senator Reid met with Max Baucus, he met with Senator Chuck Grassley, he met with Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid, our leader came out of the meeting he just didn't feel encouraged that Republican colleagues would, in the end, play fair and square," Carper said on Fox Business Network.
Reid announced Thursday that he would pare down the jobs bills crafted by Grassley and Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.)
After the Republicans have spent years blocking Democratic legislation? After they have repeatedly negotiated in bad faith with the intent only to destroy the country and blame you? After they have reneged on basically every deal you have tried to reach? After they have repeatedly said they only way forward is to acquiescence to every one of their demands of find legislation blocked permanently?
Gee, I'm glad it only took you three years to figure this out, Harry. You're pretty goddamn sharp for an old guy.
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This bit 'o news and the fact that Obama and Reid were able to get 37 appointees through thanks to a promise to do recess appointments lend credibility to my suspicion that the summit is just going to be some a play on the Hill that will give Reid and other skittering Dems enough cover to say "we appealed to their better angels and they spit in their face, now we're doing it the hard way".
My fingers are crossed.
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