Well, and this is why I mentioned the worry of being primaried -- they're not concerned about being beaten by a Democrat opponent so much as someone (with more money than sense, frankly) funding a further-right opponent to run against them in the primaries. This has been evident in the last few House election cycles and I don't see it letting up now; indeed, this "loss" for the far right (as they see it) is going to likely make a lot of the tea partying crowd double down. Cynical, perhaps, but...
Anyway, the deal's probably the best outcome that was going to happen (from the standpoint of people in the real world that aren't sheltered from the effects of this sort of chicanery, I mean) so oh well; as L.M. says, we do it all over again in a few months and see what new master plan has been half-baked. :)
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Date: 2013-10-17 07:06 pm (UTC)Anyway, the deal's probably the best outcome that was going to happen (from the standpoint of people in the real world that aren't sheltered from the effects of this sort of chicanery, I mean) so oh well; as L.M. says, we do it all over again in a few months and see what new master plan has been half-baked. :)