A fleeting, illusory supermajority

[Tom Joad]

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-s...-supermajority
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This has been one of Pete's favorite arguments to use against the Democrats.

It’s in Republicans’ interest right now to characterize the Democrats’ congressional majority in 2009 and 2010 as enormous. As the argument goes, President Obama could get literally anything he wanted from Congress in his first two years, so Democrats don’t have any excuses.

The stimulus wasn’t big enough? Blame Dems; they had supermajorities in both chambers for two years. There’s no comprehensive immigration reform? Blame Dems; they had supermajorities in both chambers for two years. There was only one big jobs bill? Blame Dems; they had supermajorities in both chambers for two years. And so on.

If you read the rest of the article you will see that the Democrats only had a so called "supermajority" in the senate for four months.


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