The next big fight in Washington is looking to be the 2011 budget. Liberals aren't happy with the spending freeze idea and Republicans are against everything, because they believe obstructionism for the sake of obstructionism is good politics.But other fights also loom and those will pit crazy people against sane ones. These are the cultural issues, where right wing lunatics believe they get their marching orders from Jesus. Of course, their Jesus is the Republican Jesus, who is a nutjob. And we're rushing toward a fight between the religious crazies and everyone else.
New York Times:
President Obama and top Pentagon officials met repeatedly over the past year about repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the law that bans openly gay members of the military.
But it was in Oval Office strategy sessions to review court cases challenging the ban — ones that could reach the Supreme Court — that Mr. Obama faced the fact that if he did not change the policy, his administration would be forced to defend publicly the constitutionality of a law he had long opposed... [CLICK TO READ FULL POST]
