02-02-2010, 11:16 AM
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Ornstein says. "It works less well, ironically, when there are 59 Democrats in the Senate and the GOP loses the excuse that the Dems have enough members to do it themselves. The burden to join in governing is greater - and the risks of opting out are greater yet." Indeed, health care reform, if it fails, will have been brought down not by Democratic divisions as it was in the early '90s but by the loss of their 60th seat - and with it, their filibuster-proof majority. No wonder that Obama, in his State of the Union speech, also addressed Republicans directly, telling them, "The responsibility to govern is now yours as well."
an excerpt;
Ornstein says. "It works less well, ironically, when there are 59 Democrats in the Senate and the GOP loses the excuse that the Dems have enough members to do it themselves. The burden to join in governing is greater - and the risks of opting out are greater yet." Indeed, health care reform, if it fails, will have been brought down not by Democratic divisions as it was in the early '90s but by the loss of their 60th seat - and with it, their filibuster-proof majority. No wonder that Obama, in his State of the Union speech, also addressed Republicans directly, telling them, "The responsibility to govern is now yours as well."