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the proposal is a bit....um...vague, isnt it?
any idea what these "benchmarks" will be?
and what would the implications be of a string of vetos?
if i restrict the frame of reference to the world of horsetrading and even that at the level of what might sound ok (without knowing any of the details that is), i would favor the simultaneous floating of the de-authorization proposal or an equivalent and this short-term funding thing. the only reason for this is that it would effectively set up a more far-reaching confrontation if the short-term thing were to be vetoed (but again, the devil is in the details and there aren't any yet)....
aside:why is there no public pressure being brought to bear on this issue?
moving outside the frame that would take such horsetrading as the extent of the political again, what i would really favor is a long hot summer for the bush people, even if the effect of that long hot summer is an acceleration of a slide toward a serious political crisis...so far as i am concerned, the states is already in one, but in slow-motion. the remarkable feature of this crisis is that everyone seems committed to pretending it isnt there.
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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
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