Although I have little use for Senator Russ Feingold, he puts the blame where it belongs:
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), among the most vocal supporters of the public option, said it would be unfair to blame Lieberman for its apparent demise. Feingold said that responsibility ultimately rests with President Barack Obama and he could have insisted on a higher standard for the legislation.
“This bill appears to be legislation that the president wanted in the first place, so I don’t think focusing it on Lieberman really hits the truth,” said Feingold. “I think they could have been higher. I certainly think a stronger bill would have been better in every respect.”
But Feingold added there are “obviously good things in the bill” and focusing on an individual member is not an “accurate portrayal of what happened.”
Obama, being a neoliberal, is doing exactly what he wants. It isn't all of a sudden he has been held hostage to Wall Street and corporate interests; he has ALWAYS been a neoliberal. It isn't my fault and the fault of other people out there that we always saw what he was and didn't want him as our presidential nominee.
I fully expect Obama to start targeting Social Security next.
Isn't this something? Neoliberalism or Friedmanism has been completely debunked by history, yet these people still persist in pushing these ruinous policies on the public. It's like they are captives of a cult.
