[Victory] obscures defeat. Republicans managed to take a jobs bill, weaken it to an unemployment benefits and state and local relief bill, weaken that to an unemployment benefits bill, and then weaken that bill.
Ezra Klein, witnessing the evolution of the now likely to break GOP filibuster unemployment benefits extension. This, more than anything, characterizes why left-leaning independents and Democrats are forever exasperated by what is broadly (mis)characterized as the “Obama administration.” Triangulation TODAY! Triangulation TOMORROW! Triangulation FOREVER!!!! does not an electoral strategy make. Find something important. Refuse to compromise on it. If necessary, let it fail. Crucify the GOP with it for a week or two. Lather, rinse, repeat. This, apparently, is very hard to understand if you’re a DC Democrat.