The Hastert Legacy to Representative Government
Another example of Republicans shooting themselves in the foot (they never seem to run out of feet, if not ideas). House Speaker Dennis Hastert said the Immigration bill, just out of the Senate, is dead on arrival over at the House. Hastert bulldozes and Pelosi goes along with hardly a whimper, neatening up the rough spots of his trackmarks.
Can’t someone ask that woman to look like she leads a party and not in every single picture look over at Hastert (or whoever) with that ‘I know I’m just a woman, but is that all right with you if I say something?” look? Run the minority, Nancy, grab your self-esteem by the bra-straps and try to look like you know what you’re doing.
Hastert’s formula for killing immigration is simple. He has enunciated a ‘majority of the majority’ rule that entirely destroys all vestiges of bipartisan governance in the House of Representatives.
Let's hear it for bulldozers.
I continue to try ladling out criticism even-handedly when it comes to Washington. But it’s real…