The financial reform package was brought up with one simple message:
We care about people, real people, and fuck you if you don't.
Mind you, it was phrased nicer then that, but that was the gist. We wanted the filibuster to show how completely beyond the pale the Republicans are. And it showed through. But one of our own also showed their colors. Just as the position is embarrassing to the GOP, now with Nelson it's embarrassing to us too.
Harry Reid, you need to stand up and show the world that you fight for Americans, not banks, and you need to have the moral authority of that argument on your side. You want to win this? Stand up and trumpet the fact that you won't let someone throw the American people under a bus, at least not while wearing your team colors. Drop Nelson from the caucus.
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