The N&R whines about the ‘late late show’ that resulted in House Republicans’ vote to override Gov. Perdue’s veto of the ban on NCAE paycheck deductions. NCAE say it will file suit.
Seems to me the whining is a little louder since evil Republicans are pulling the shady political maneuver. But N.C. State political science professor Andrew Taylor reminds us:
“This is the kind of thing you expect in a majoritarian, heavily centralized institution at a time when the parties are extremely polarized. It will continue to happen,” Taylor said.
At the same time, he said that Democrats’ argument amounts to the “pot calling the kettle black” because past Democratic majorities employed the same hijinks.
“We’ve had many, many years of Democratic majorities in the House — very large ones, very stable ones — and they could afford to play fast and loose with the rules and not really care about the minority,” Taylor said. “Republicans whined about that. And now you have former whining Republicans becoming authoritarian, and former authoritarian Democrats becoming whiners.”
This is politics, and we haven’t seen anything yet. We already know who is so desperate to prove they weren’t wrong four years ago.
