I Love It When Someone Forgets To Turn Off The Microphone

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The Colorado Independent reported yesterday that recently-reelected Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet was caught on C-SPAN by an open microphone saying, "It's all rigged. The whole conversation is rigged. The fact that we don't get to a discussion before the break about what we're going to do in the lame duck. It's just rigged."  

Evidently that kind of honesty is not intended to be heard by the American people. 

The article further reports:

"Republicans have been bolstered in their opposition by their midterm election victories and seem determined to put off all voting until the new Congress begins next year. Today Democrats face an uphill battle trying to pass an overdue unemployment insurance extension for millions of Americans, and conservative Democratic Senators like Ben Nelson are already voicing strong opposition to Democratic priority bills like the DREAM Act, which would grant citizenship based on certain military service and education achievements to illegal immigrant young people brought here by their parents and raised in the U.S."

I have a question.  The Democrats have controlled Congress since 2006.  They have had total control of Congress and the Presidency since 2008.  Why couldn't any of these issues have been settled before now?  We have known since 2001 that the current tax rates would expire on January 1--why is this being discussed now instead of last year or earlier this year?  The answer is very simple.  The Democrats have never had the votes to pass any of the things they are in such a rush to do now.  They still do not have the votes, and they will have even fewer votes after January.

The way I see it, the role of the Republicans currently in Congress is to limit the amount of damage the Democrats can do before they have to leave office.  There is a reason that the Democrats were voted out of office.  If they continue to attempt to pass unpopular legislation during a lame-duck session, they can expect to continue to be voted out of office.

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