So how does this end well? I mean, really?

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200. It is the "Villain Rotation" Scam

There are always just enough Democrats joining ranks with Republicans to ensure the 1% always gets what it wants, and the Working Class gets stuck with the tab.

In my younger, naive days, I believed that the Voting Record was the Touchstone by which the bad Democrats could be separated from the good ones.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Votes are traded and sold freely,
with always just enough to betray the Working Class continuously with no single Dem taking ALL the heat.

Most of DU still doesn't get that,
and we ponder excuses for WHY a normally solid appearing Dem suddenly turns against Party on a particular vote.
....but he/she "votes with the party 91% of the time, so its OK."

The primary tactic in this game is Villain Rotation. They always have a handful of Democratic Senators announce that they will be the ones to deviate this time from the ostensible party position and impede success, but the designated Villain constantly shifts, so the Party itself can claim it supports these measures while an always-changing handful of their members invariably prevent it.

One minute, it’s Jay Rockefeller as the Prime Villain leading the way in protecting Bush surveillance programs and demanding telecom immunity;

...the next minute, it’s Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer joining hands and “breaking with their party” to ensure Michael Mukasey’s confirmation as Attorney General;

...then it’s Big Bad Joe Lieberman single-handedly blocking Medicare expansion;

...then it’s Blanche Lincoln and Jim Webb joining with Lindsey Graham to support the de-funding of civilian trials for Terrorists;

....and now that they can’t blame Lieberman or Ben Nelson any longer on health care (since they don’t need 60 votes), Jay Rockefeller voluntarily returns to the Villain Role, stepping up to put an end to the pretend-movement among Senate Democrats to enact the public option via reconciliation.

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http://www.salon.com/2010/02/23/democrats_34/

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