Just when it looked as
though Democrats in Virginia’s Senate might hold firm and squeeze reasonable
concessions out of the Republican Party, Sen. Charles Colgan (D-Prince William
County)[1]
jumped ship and handed the Senate GOP a relatively easy budget victory.
Colgan told reporters “I
didn’t sleep well last night”[2]
when attempting to explain his about-face that sent a wave of shock through the
Democratic Party.
We will never know what
concessions the Democratic Party could have gained in the budget fight, but for
all of the fear-mongering about a “government shutdown,” that outcome never
really seemed likely to observers, a blow to what Colgan seemed to ever so
slightly imply. Colgan effectively punted the ball before fourth down.
So continues the
long-standing Democratic Party tradition of caving before all of the political
cards have been dealt, not only dropping possible GOP concessions but making it
all the more difficult to bargain in a political stand-off next time around.
Can anyone imagine
Virginia’s Republican Party simply ignoring future Democratic threats of a
showdown? Maybe they’ll be more willing to make the Democratic side sweat it
out and have a bad night’s sleep?
Because of one man’s
inability to sleep, thousands of Virginians will now face a tougher economic
burden for the foreseeable future. Thanks, then, Sen. Colgan for representing
the interests of the people of Virginia.
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