Broder and the Bizarro Beltway World
David Broder is the Dean of the Washington Press Corps and a leader in the strange musings that pass for thinking inside the Beltway. Consider his hilarious column today and how Broder sees Senator Reid playing with political fire. You see, in Broderland, Democrats will suffer for NOT passing the immigration bill and for fighting too hard against the Iraq War. I kid you not:
All this, from a Senate that had spent most of the past five months battling futilely with President Bush over a timetable for American withdrawal from Iraq -- and that then closed down for three days over last weekend and used Monday for a debate on a purely symbolic vote of no confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.. . . He may be playing with fire. A poll that Andy Kohut completed for the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press four days before the Senate fiasco on the immigration bill found a striking increase in disapproval of Democratic congressional leaders. . . .
Reid may think that Bush will suffer if immigration reform is killed. But the public is likely to put the blame where it principally belongs -- on the leader of the party that runs the Senate.
I hope Democrats can now see that their cocktail party buddies like David Broder are the most clueless, disconnected people on the Earth. Broder thinks the American People wanted the immigration bill and are tired of Democrats trying to end the Iraq War. Please remember this when you worry about being criticized by David Broder.
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