re: #146 Cannadian Club Akbar

Driveby here, but as I’m sure people know the big news is that Obama will call for a 3 year spending freeze for most domestic programs.

Total disaster. It won’t win him any friends, and it will piss off a lot of people.
Major mistake in my book. First, it isn’t going to affect more than a tiny percentage of the budget overall— so practical gains from it are nil. (I have links about that if people are interested)

Second, it squanders remaining political capital in a huge way— because it won’t win him support from anyone, and will serve to further alienate the people (like me) who elected him and worked for him.