Thursday, January 04, 2007
Grand Bargain
Rep. Barney Frank laid out a "grand bargain" this week in a speech, which the Wall Street Journal titled:
"Businesses wondering how to deal with the Democrats taking charge in Congress today have a blunt offer from a top lawmaker in the majority: Support our priorities and we'll support yours.
The "grand bargain" laid out by Rep. Barney Frank represents a road map to how Democrats may strike deals to aid unionization, expand health-care coverage and find common ground on other issues, while giving businesses concessions on immigration, trade and investment."
I really like the tone of this. I don't think it's going to find any traction because my theory is that Congress has about six months to get anything done before the 2008 presidential campaign begins to crowd out any policy initiatives. But while Frank's talk may not result in any real policy iniatives in 2007, perhaps this is a tone that can carry over into the 2008 presidental campaign. Bigger issues like health care and education require this kind of thinking. Hopefully this is the start of a trend.
"Businesses wondering how to deal with the Democrats taking charge in Congress today have a blunt offer from a top lawmaker in the majority: Support our priorities and we'll support yours.
The "grand bargain" laid out by Rep. Barney Frank represents a road map to how Democrats may strike deals to aid unionization, expand health-care coverage and find common ground on other issues, while giving businesses concessions on immigration, trade and investment."
I really like the tone of this. I don't think it's going to find any traction because my theory is that Congress has about six months to get anything done before the 2008 presidential campaign begins to crowd out any policy initiatives. But while Frank's talk may not result in any real policy iniatives in 2007, perhaps this is a tone that can carry over into the 2008 presidental campaign. Bigger issues like health care and education require this kind of thinking. Hopefully this is the start of a trend.
# posted by Pcentrist @ 11:30 AM 
