By R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. 10.3.13 If he wont recognize House Republican legitimacy, nothing will be negotiated. WASHINGTON It is the most thunderous proof of the Taranto Principle to date. I am speaking of the Senates rejection of the House of Representatives proposal to delay the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act for a year, along with the federal subsidy for Congressional lawmakers and their staffs if and when these selfless public servants enter healthcare exchanges. You cannot have such subsidies and neither can I, but Congress and its aides can. The Senate will not even negotiate over it. The insightful James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal coined the Taranto Principle when he noticed that the Democrats and the left in general are encouraged to act absurdly by the fawning mainstream media. It is the media that have encouraged Democrats to demand of Republicans negotiations while the Democrats refuse to negotiate. Thus the Republicans are expected to accept the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act while being left with nothing to negotiate. When asked by Steve Inskeep of NPR what he was offering to negotiate, our nugacious President said: Steve, when you say what can I offer, I shouldnt have to offer anything. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reids contribution to negotiations was, We are not going to mess around with ObamaCare, no matter what they do. Case closed. [Excerpt] Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2013/10/03/what-is-the-president-willing Why is it that Republicans should be made to surrender their rights to negotiate?
