I can't take credit for this but I think it's an excellent explanation of what was going on in DC. My friend Tony posted this and similar items for the Members' Councils here in CA.
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To All,
A story at Politico today notes that Nancy Pelosi has "pulled" the DISCLOSE Act on "campaign finance reform" over massive opposition within the Democrat Party from key factions.
"Blue Dog" Democrats appear concerned over the impact to such small business lobbying groups such as NFIB, who have a certain amount of "pull" in key Southern districts.
And Congressional Black Caucus and other progressive groups are upset at the receipt of an exception one can drive a gun truck through by first the NRA, then such Way Left groups as Sierra Club.
In other words, all the Democrat Interest Groups want the same "deal" that NRA got, but without having the gravitas of the NRA. And if they don't get what they want, the Democrat Caucus won't vote this bill through.
If that happens, the bill dies.
And this is before this "Bride of Chuckie" bill arrives "at the altar" in the Senate, where Primary Sponsor Charles Schumer would be faced with the prospect that his bill would exempt the NRA from his intent to muzzle speech. His intended target had the "juice" to shove an arranged marriage down his throat if the final Conference product keeps the NRA exemption in place.
If Chuckles doesn't like that, but has to keep the NRA exemption, the bill dies.
It thus remains to be seen how much a poison pill this arranged marriage turns out to be, and whether it happens in the House, the Senate, the Conference, or even Obama's desk itself. (After all, does one reasonably think that Obama wants a fully operational NRA "Deathstar"-style political campaign in 2012???).
If the exception for the NRA remains, and either side of the Congress vote against it, the bill dies.
If the bill has enough exceptions to cover every Democrat interest group from Berkeley to Truro, then one can legitimately ask "what's the point", or who will it "hurt? In effect, the bill's threat dies.
Or, if the NRA's exemption gets removed by the Congressional Black Caucus or some other whiny group, NRA and the Sierra Club will vote to oppose the bill, and again it dies because they couldn't get it out of committee in the first place without NRA "cooperation".
Notice the potential Meme of the Week here- THE BILL DIES, OR IT DOESN'T REALLY HURT RKBA GROUPS UNTIL IT THEORETICALLY SURVIVES ALL SCOTUS CHALLENGES.
It may not be pretty, but like the Laker's Game 7 win at Staples, it's the way things are done under the current Regime. You do what you have to do, and worry about style and form points later. You do what it takes to beat the "Big Baby" Davis' out there, not whine and flop that once again the Lib-Dems are going to dispense with the Rule Book that is the Constitution.
And face these facts as well: Only the theological ideologues will actually care that it does not conform to some theoretical construct of how politics is supposed to be. What did they really expect from this "Chicago Way"-style of government that the American voter decided to try on like a pair of Air Jordans. No one who has any real and practical experience in American politics can say that they expected Liberal Progressives to abide by some "Marquis of Queensbury" set of political rules. It's MMA out there, not Powderpuff Football.
Only "Can-Do" groups will survive the Obama Regime. "Can't Do" groups will go the way of BP.
It's a hard lesson, but that's the way it is.
Link at:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38698.html