The 60 vote rule isn’t to equalize the minority party, but rather prevent the passing of extreme left or extreme right policy…checks and balances. It’s meant to make bills more difficult to pass, which helps to insure the laws that do get passed are best for the country.
Reconciliation has been used in the past, mostly for tax cuts. While healthcare will effect the budget, this reform is primarily being used for more government control. Trying to use it now would not only be a misuse of power, it would be suicide. But typical Liberal moral equality…they did it, we can do it too. How ’bout using it to lower taxes?
Regarding 2012, not sure what the Dems will run on. High unemployment, high deficits, Afganistan, the Porkulus Spending Bill? Only thing they have are negative ads. Republicans would be smart to counter that tact early, with ads that say “Dems are going to run negative ads because that’s all they have left.” A smaller government campaign, using revenue to determine the budget rather than setting spending goals trying to find a way to pay for it, will be just what the country is looking for. Let’s remove the Czars and return government to the people.
