Give ‘Em Hell, Harry
By Kevin Drum explains the reason the immigration bill failed: Frist was obviously reneging on an agreement to stop House goons from stripping anything decent out of compromise legislation in committee. And while I don’t entirely agree with her optimistic analogies to 1994, I do think this is another piece of evidence for Amy Sullivan’s argument (which I agree with entirely) that Reid has been an outstanding minority leader, a major improvement over his predecessor.