Exciting! Thursday GOP hearing on Obama's Chained-CPI Request

[Summer Hathaway]

61. I love it!

I'm IN!!!

Do you think we can get Tom Cruise for the lead? How about Sigourney Weaver in a 'cameo' role as - wait for it! - Lt. Ripley?!?!

Working title: "The Pokeman Directive"

Just an immediate reaction here, but I think the whole opening narrative, i.e.

"To advance an unpopular policy, you have to maneuver it just so. Set up committees like the so-called "Cat Food Commission" (and staff it so you know it's going to give you the answer you want). You walk it through lots of negotiations; frame it as a "compromise", etc. No matter how much they'd like to vote for it, no politician is going to vote "aye" if it's going to cost him the next election. Frankly, I think the timing of this thing has been planned for well over a year now-- Obama is taking most of the political heat because the one guy who doesn't have to run for reelection.

The political establishment is good at putting everyone in a position from which they can claim to have had "no choice". And that's what we're looking at right now on this issue. They still may not manage to wrangle up the support they need-- but that's certainly what's being attempted."

is brilliant!!! If we can get Morgan Freeman to do the voice-over - well, I think I hear Oscar knocking at the door!

Have your girl call my girl in the morning.