The Idiocy of Beltway "Centrism"

Yep:

In other words, [red-state Blue Dog Democrats are] concerned that the bill (a) costs too much overall and (b) will increase the deficit. And their proposed solutions to this are to (a) increase the cost of the bill by neutering the public plan and (b) decrease the quantity of revenue by fiddling with the employer mandate. Under the circumstances, it’s no wonder that Ross didn’t want to go into detail with CNN about how he’d propose changing the bill. Maybe Harry Potter knows a spell that could untie this mess of contradictions.

I think it’s time for another Michael Lind column about how urban liberals are preventing the Democrats from supporting economically progressive policies…