John Avalon, Most of Us are Aware of your Bought Status--the Democratic Debate
CNN's goto spinmeister of "reality" comes up with the meaningless figures to bring down Bernie Sanders vis-a-vis the perennial senior class president and valedictorian, Ms. Amy Klobuchar. What he said was that Little Miss Busybody got a lot done in Congress. Fine, let her stay there where she'll do the most good. Assuming, of course, that you are a lawyer and revel in the plethora of dumb-shit laws coming the way of the unsuspecting citizen. Another reality-check is that in Congress you don't get something for nothing. While Ms. Klobuchar was possibly willing to compromise principles to get her legislation passed. Meanwhile Bernie Sanders stuck to his guns and got fewer bills passed. That, Mr. "Reality Checker," is our view of reality. Did you remember to bring in Mr. Obama's legacy in legislative law.....aaaaa, zero? Bernie's in good company as far as bill writing is concerned. To use a Reality Check statistical tool, that means Bernie wro...