Some useful stuff, too much dumb stuff. But "a huge energy bill"? A "miracle"? The fact that it's the biggest energy bill in a decade is mostly about the decade (of nose-picking), not the bill. Yes it's a lot of pages but no huge policy achievement. Not naive about the state of the institution, but concerned about forgiving/prolongi…
Some useful stuff, too much dumb stuff. But "a huge energy bill"? A "miracle"? The fact that it's the biggest energy bill in a decade is mostly about the decade (of nose-picking), not the bill. Yes it's a lot of pages but no huge policy achievement. Not naive about the state of the institution, but concerned about forgiving/prolonging the dysfunction, grading on a curve of failure...especially now as things shift and Georgia pends.
KC, perhaps our expectations of Congress are set at different levels. HFCs + tax credits? Huge. Passed both houses? A miracle. These are low bars we're clearing.
Some useful stuff, too much dumb stuff. But "a huge energy bill"? A "miracle"? The fact that it's the biggest energy bill in a decade is mostly about the decade (of nose-picking), not the bill. Yes it's a lot of pages but no huge policy achievement. Not naive about the state of the institution, but concerned about forgiving/prolonging the dysfunction, grading on a curve of failure...especially now as things shift and Georgia pends.
KC, perhaps our expectations of Congress are set at different levels. HFCs + tax credits? Huge. Passed both houses? A miracle. These are low bars we're clearing.
Our expectations are probably similar. I just worry that if we're too easily elated, we help keep the bars low.