Senate Approves ANWR Drilling

Chalk up another piece of evidence for the Tom Maguire "Might this be a plan?" theory; whilst the pundits (and even the punditish and punditesque, like myself) continue talking about Social Security, another Bush-backed bill is approved.

First, class action lawsuit reform, then the bankruptcy bill, and now drilling in ANWR, which passed today 51-49.

Just how valuable is a victory for Democrats on personal savings accounts if everything else on Bush's to-do list gets checked off in the meantime?

Also, if Bush's still-vague proposals are rejected, calls for a Democratic alternative to the solvency issue will be strong, forcing them into either suggesting tax hikes or benefit cuts, neither of which is going to make them particularly popular.

ť March 16th, 2005

posted @ 03:08 PM in Miscellaneous

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