this is an adventure

“Democratic senators huddled for weeks in backroom meetings, groping for a workable alternative. Some of the attempts at reviving it were genuine, while others were only designed to suggest forward progress, observers recall. After four or five weeks, the effort was abandoned as Democrats geared up for the midterm elections.”

Well, that didn’t work: “A day after President Obama called on them to renew efforts to pass his ambitious agenda, congressional Democrats remained in disarray Thursday about how to move forward, with at least some pointing at the White House as the cause of the legislative standstill gripping Capitol Hill.”

If you were surprised, here’s what he was talking about: “What the president was referring to is the Making Work Pay tax credit, as part of which working individuals would receive a maximum of $400 and couples filing jointly $800 on their 2009 and 2010 tax returns.” But it was for individuals, not families.

Sleek, but a game changer? “There are a variety of ebook apps that already exist and could have easily delivered books to the iPad. But Apple does things its own way, and books are very much a part of what appears to be a plan to be the gatekeeper of all media.”