To Lindsay Graham bi-partisanship is hotter than a two dollar whore on nickel night. Like him or not no one can question Graham\u2019s tendency (or is it compulsion) to reach across the senate aisle. This guy can reach like Stretch Armstrong.<\/p>\n
In fact given his amazing reaching abilities I bet he would have been a big hit in one of Eric Massa\u2019s \u201ctickle parties\u201d. (TSO assures me with 100% confidence that Graham is just as heterosexual as Massa.)<\/p>\n
The point is that you can always count on Graham leading almost every bi-partisan charge. Shortly after the election Graham partnered with mental Goliath John Kerry to save the planet by pushing \u201cCap and Tax\u201d legislation. Even now that the whole foundation of climate science has all but imploded these two idiots are pressing on undeterred in their effort to double energy prices and surge unemployment to 20%.<\/p>\n
He is also currently in collusion with Rahm Emanuel to cut a deal to close GITMO. The only reason to close GITMO is to salvage a President who is floundering in every poll out there. It has nothing whatsoever to do with defending our country or doing what makes sense; it is all about rescuing the image of our anointed man-child. Why does Graham give a shit? Isn\u2019t that Axelrod\u2019s job?<\/p>\n
With deficits soaring, unemployment increasing, a Congressional approval rating at the lowest in history, two wars going on and the one issue holding the entire credibility of the Presidency against the ropes; Graham thinks what we really need right now is a massively divisive political gunfight to really bring us all together.<\/p>\n
And he thinks that a President with a -21 approval rating needs to make this priority one<\/a>:<\/p>\n For the past six months, Graham and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) \u2014 who meet with Obama at 3 p.m. Thursday \u2014 have worked on a reform framework. Their plan, which hasn\u2019t been introduced yet, includes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants (a liberal must-have) while sweetening the pot for moderates by proposing tough new safeguards, including a biometric national ID card for workers. <\/p>\n To the frustration of many reform advocates, Obama has kept his opinions of the possible deal vague, giving a head nod to reform in his State of the Union speech but not much more. <\/p>\n Obama spokesman Nick Shapiro offered no response to Graham\u2019s challenge but reiterated the administration\u2019s intention to allow Congress to hash things out before Obama weighs in, an approach reminiscent of his health reform strategy. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n Having said that it is unlikely that the President is going to get in front of yet another train wreck in the making but that won\u2019t stop Lindsay\u2019s reaching.<\/p>\n Understanding how controversial this whole healthcare debacle is and doesn\u2019t appear to be getting any better anytime soon, Graham comes to the rescue with\u2026you guessed it, more reaching.<\/p>\n His plan worked so well when he and John McCain and other \u201cmoderate\u201d reachers undermined the Republican majority years ago when they formed the famous \u201cGang of 14\u201d.<\/p>\n