Today's Investor's Business Daily posted a story on a recent article in the New York Times citing lack of bipartisanship as the cause of Congress' current out-of-control spending. This seems to be the current talking point of the Democrat Party.
According to the Investor's Business Daily article:
"Along with the New York Times story, VP Joe Biden bemoans a "broken" Washington. Sen. Evan Byah, D-Ind., said Monday he won't run for re-election in part due to "too much partisanship." Several liberal pundits fret that America has become ungovernable. That includes the Washington Post's Ezra Klein and the Times' Tom Friedman, who can't stop gushing about the "reasonably enlightened" Chinese autocracy."
This is ridiculous on a number of levels. First of all, the Democrats were not talking about bipartisanship until Scott Brown was elected. Up until February 4th, they had a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and an overwhelming majority in the House (including an illegally appointed Senator from Massachusetts who legally should not have voted after January 19th). Had the Democrats been united, they could have passed any legislation they wanted. They totally froze the Republicans out of drafting the healthcare reform bill, bought votes, and bribed people, and they still couldn't agree on a bill that they could pass. They will probably attempt to get the bill through by using the reconcilliation process after seemingly allowing the Republicans a voice in the process. So far the only bipartisanship has been against the healthcare bill--with Republicans and Democrats opposing it. The same is true with the Cap and Trade legislation. The House passed it, but there are not enough votes in the Senate to get it through--again the bipartisanship is against it--not for it.
Investor's Business Daily concludes:
"The Tea Party movement is about the only political force that really sees deficits and spending as a top priority. The grass-roots revolt and general disgust by independents could sweep dozens of Republicans into Congress this November. Expect the NYT to decry the increased partisanship, but those new lawmakers will likely demand major changes to put the nation's fiscal house in order."
Politically it is going to be an interesting year. That said, this will be the year the American voter decides whether or not America will survive financially. It is up to the voters at this point.
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