tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post4489752578363963252..comments2024-03-02T09:41:35.809-08:00Comments on Donkeylicious - A Blog by Neil Sinhababu and Nicholas Beaudrot: Should I Give Henry Waxman Money?Neil Sinhababuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-48767510573936292312009-07-08T10:37:13.659-07:002009-07-08T10:37:13.659-07:00If you're bored, go read something else.
Good...<i>If you're bored, go read something else.</i><br /><br />Good idea. Shoot me an e-mail if you ever link to something I didn't read two hours earlier.Ankush Khardorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10930971704708847718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-61429499620140061812009-07-08T08:54:49.166-07:002009-07-08T08:54:49.166-07:00I wonder whether waxman-markey was really a valid ...I wonder whether waxman-markey was really a valid test vote -- exactly because the sticking point was the Senate there was little incentive to rack up the score. I think it's non-obvious that Waxman could have made a better bill with a little extra cash.<br /><br />Money, after all, does not make Waxman more threatening.Dennisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-826063652975342052009-07-08T06:32:42.908-07:002009-07-08T06:32:42.908-07:00Yeah, the "We don't need no stinkin' ...Yeah, the "We don't need no stinkin' additional House votes!" thing is a serious objection here. <br /><br />Some sort of response: I was blogging a couple days ago about Collin Peterson, the Ag committee DINO who was causing trouble for Waxman-Markey. Insofar as Waxman can make credible threats to cause him trouble of some kind, our position is a stronger one. And this seems to have mattered, with Waxman-Markey having passed with only 219 votes. Sure, things will get watered down in the Senate and all. But final bills are a House-Senate compromise, and insofar as strengthening the House side of that deal strengthens the final product, it seems worthwhile.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-7241311563397310872009-07-08T06:20:18.021-07:002009-07-08T06:20:18.021-07:00Inasmuch as you think cash to Waxman is simple pas...Inasmuch as you think cash to Waxman is simple passthrough to Democrats you'd want money to go to anyway *and* you think that value can be added by him doing the giving, I think you go for it. I am, however, a little skeptical -- coralling shaky house dems is less important than it's ever been, and for that reason your liklihood of wanting money to go to shaky house dems is also low.<br /><br />In the Senate things are indubidably different, but you can also count seats in need of defense versus shaky votes on healthcare fairly easily and make your own call.Dennisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-4185705382182268352009-07-07T23:18:51.862-07:002009-07-07T23:18:51.862-07:00I should clarify -- obviously I was thinking of Wa...I should clarify -- obviously I was thinking of Waxman because of Ezra's Waxman post. But I really want to know if giving money to him to increase his influence is a highly effective strategy.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-42866491105929737082009-07-07T23:07:41.818-07:002009-07-07T23:07:41.818-07:00I realize why you're doing it -- you're ge...<i>I realize why you're doing it -- you're getting links from them</i><br /><br />Well, no. I do it because it's My Neat Politicsy Idea Of The Day. And I don't recall a "give money to senior Democrats because that's the best way to generate progressive change" post from either EK or MY. It was all my idea, at least today! And I wanted feedback on whether it works.<br /><br />If you're bored, go read something else. We won't mind.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-53877103591476598632009-07-07T21:33:39.780-07:002009-07-07T21:33:39.780-07:00Yeah, to be perfectly honest, because I like you g...Yeah, to be perfectly honest, because I like you guys, you're in my RSS feed, but you're dangerously close to being axed. Increasingly you're becoming redundant to Yglesias and Klein. There are other, non-duplicative feeds to fill my reader.<br /><br />Maybe write about other stuff? I realize why you're doing it -- you're getting links from them -- but I think it's becoming self-defeating.Ankush Khardorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10930971704708847718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-65650891972844289652009-07-07T19:58:55.028-07:002009-07-07T19:58:55.028-07:00Perriello also voted for the climate change bill d...Perriello also voted for the climate change bill despite being in a district where that could be risky. Plus he is young and therefore has a lot of time to do good things in the future. I'd say that he is worth a donation.<br /><br />I'd also consider donating to Paul Hodes (D-NH) who is running for Senate. He is fairly progressive and would be a safe vote on almost anything progressive. Carnahan and whoever is the Dem nominee in Ohio should also be high priorities.iklnoreply@blogger.com