In Defense of Senate 'Obstructionism' | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary

In Defense of Senate 'Obstructionism' | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Liberals are screaming bloody murder about Republican obstructionism. But thank God for obstructionism, and the Senate rules facilitating it -- because the longer this debate goes on, the less Americans like what the Dems are trying to sell them.

No wonder Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is desperate to force a vote before senators go home: As CBS's Nancy Cordes put it, he otherwise runs 'the risk that any Democrats change their minds over the holidays or get swayed by all those tea party protests.'"

"Yet when Coburn asked that each senator certify that he or she has read and understands the bill, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., objected: 'I cannot certify that members of the Senate will understand what they're reading' (!)."