Maybe it's the Change that has changed.
Posted by seed @ 1:19 PM
CNN : Biden, Obama helped keep 'Bridge to Nowhere' alive
That is probably the most disturbing element of this and the campaigning on the Bridge to Nowhere," said Bill Allison of the Sunlight Foundation, a taxpayer watchdog group. "Because, yes, they had a chance to vote specifically against the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska to redirect the money to people, to bridges and infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Katrina going in to New Orleans, and they chose not to.
So let me get this straight: Palin's initial support of her bridge project, and then her reversal of that opinion after the budget doubled and public support evaporated is a flip-flop. And Biden and Obama's support for her bridge, and refusal to re-direct appropriated funds to more necessary projects, is the Change we have been waiting for.
It seems to me that even if the Palin non-support for the Bridge has been exaggerated, at the very least she was able to react to a changing political situation and reflect her constituency. In the case of Obama/Biden, it also seems to me that they lack the political conviction to break ranks; or did not see this as an opportunity to affect legislation in a positive way; or both.
As mentioned in the article, McCain sat the vote out. As far as what else Coburn had in the amendment, I don't know that either. What is important is that if Palin's initial support for the project is suspect, so is Obama/Biden's suppport. Unless, or course, you are looking to score some cheap political points. Then there is a huge difference between the two.
Maybe that is the change I have been waiting for.
Comments
mike, I am happy to read your posts, always good to see if I am missing something, and the basic point that you make is indeed worth discussion, but this is disturbing.
she bailed on this when it (and Ted Stevens) became toxic.
she changed her mind to stop the bleeding. If that is not the case, why send out that late night press release to make the east coast elite media's print deadlines?
really, it had nothing to do with the budget doubling, as the frigging thing was going to be paid for by other states... meaning the Federal Government.
here is someone who is no reformer, just hiding behind that... look at all the bullshit growth projects she allowed in Wasilla, even at the expense of her surrounds... the lake she lived on gets all the runoff from the big box parking lots, and it is dead. might be why she got that ordinance revision to sell the joint.
she is a typical pro-business pol. anything for "progress." I'd rather have another 4 years of Cheney as veep than one day with her in there.
Posted by: pazen | October 3, 2008 11:47 PM