re: #137 freetoken

I think Reid just wasn’t very much behind this, which is why he wouldn’t let Collins run with it like she wanted to.

We had a fairly robust debate on LGF a few months back about this, particularly whether the Dems’ failure to use their majority in the Senate to ram through DADT repeal reflects a lack of commitment on their part. My view remains that, although the Dems as a group are likely more in favor of repeal than the Repubs, they still lack sufficient commitment to this human rights cause to push it through. Now, raise taxes in the midst of a recesion on those who earn $200,000.01 and have a spouse who works and earns $50,000? That’s a matter of principle to which the Dems today showed they are clearly committed.