Great Democratic Politics
Democrats led by Rahm Emanuel and Barack Obama are proposing a tax cut for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. This is one of those situations where the common good can be achieved while people are playing devious political games.
If the Republicans oppose it because they can't politically give the Democrats a win, they get slammed as opposing tax relief, and opposing help directed at the community of Katrina victims, who an overwhelming majority of Americans support.
If the Republicans allow it through they hand a major victory to the Democrats which is just not something hey are ever prepared to do.
I don't know what will ultimately happen here, but I imagine that the bill will get laden down with corporate pork, or that the Republicans will float an extremely similar sounding bill down the pike. I say "similar sounding" as it won't be intended to have the same positive impact.
