If You Can't Govern, Entertain

The Washington Examiner notes that the Democrats can't (or won't) pass a budget and has shelved other difficult votes. But the can book comedians.

This year the Democratic leadership of the House and Senate made a strategic decision not to pass a budget for the federal government. They feared their spending priorities might not win the approval of voters in November's elections, so they simply opted out of their budgetary responsibility.

More recently, the Democratic leadership made a strategic decision not to decide whether to extend the Bush tax cuts, which are set to expire Dec. 31. If nothing is done, taxes will rise for every American who pays income tax. But, as with the budget, Democrats worried that raising at least some taxes might not win voter approval, so they left the most pressing economic decision of the moment unresolved.

Finally, last Friday, Democrats in the House invited comedian Stephen Colbert to testify, in character as a buffoonish right-wing anchorman, before an otherwise serious hearing on migrant farm workers.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Unable-to-govern_-Dems-turn-to-Stephen-Colbert-1023720-103894068.html#ixzz10pd885Nc