Greg Sargent:
• Harry Reid keeps carpetbombing Sharron Angle with negative ads, this latest one slamming her as "too extreme" for calling the BP escrow money a "slush fund," a comment she did retract.
• The NRSC's response to the ad: Blast Reid for hypocrisy because he released this ad hitting Angle on BP liability on the same day that he pulled the plug on the oil spill liability energy bill.
Of course, Reid pulled the plug partly because the Senate GOP stood firm against it, though in fairness several conservative Dems also stood in the way.
It really is amazing how the filibuster works, isn't it? First, Republicans join forces with conservative Democrats like Mary Landrieu to filibuster essential legislation, then, when their filibuster works and the legislation fails, they blame Democrats for not having passed it.
It's cynical and it's infuriating and it demonstrates that Republicans care more about their own power than the welfare of the country they hope to lead, but it also works. The good news is that Democrats could put an end to it by changing the rule at the beginning of the next session of Congress. They'd be insane not to. But that doesn't mean they will.