Boehner just pushed through the \u201cCRomnibus\u201d \u2014 an omnibus spending bill to the end of September for all except Homeland Security, which is funded to February to, they\u2019ve promised, gear up for a fight over amnesty when they take control of the Senate. \u00a0As usual, the spending is generally business as usual, with a few cuts and a few pseudo-cuts, and goodies all around, and confirmation that the current house leadership is no more interested in good governance than their predecessors.
Didn\u2019t they claim, not that long ago, that they were going to put together a real budget? \u00a0 How quickly did they abandon that promise? \u00a0Were a leak to happen, as with the Sony hack, would we now be seeing e-mails along the lines of \u201chey, it would be good for a few laughs if we pretended to budget. Wonder how many suckers would believe us?\u201d<\/p>\n
I mean, yes, it was the right decision defer an amnesty fight \u2019til the new session rather than trying to do battle now (though why did they fund all the way \u2019til the end of February?), but the rest is a joke.<\/p>\n
So the best I can do right now is contemplate whether any of the crop of talked-about 2016 hopefuls are actually grounds to be, well, hopeful. \u00a0Maybe I\u2019ll listen to one of those interviews with Jindal that have been floating around. \u00a0What about Walker? \u00a0Is Christie actually on anyone\u2019s list any longer? \u00a0Bush seems to have the attention of People With Money \u2014 ugh. \u00a0Perry? \u00a0Why?<\/p>\n
Or, if you\u2019re a Democrat: \u00a0Hillary? \u00a0Really? \u00a0That\u2019s all you can come up with? <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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