What can we expect from the Democrats now that Al Franken is their 60th Senator? Ezra Klein points out that 60 is a big number, one not achieved by either party since 1974. Open Left thinks this is a boost to the public option in health care. Grist looks ahead to climate change and the Senate version of ACES. The Nation talks filibusters.
It falls to Donkeylicious to remind us that there are still a lot of bad Democrats, including two who have thus far disappointed me, Kay Hagan and Claire McCaskill.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Posted by Gerry Canavan at 4:46 PM
Labels: Al Franken, Claire McCaskill, climate change, Democrats, fillibusters, health care, Kay Hagan, politics, the Senate
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