Monday, August 11, 2008

Scarecrows and Lions

This Fred Dicker column in the NY Post reveals State leaders' fears that government will grind to a halt if there is a tie in State Senate.
Two questions:
1. Is that necessarily a bad thing?
2. Wouldn't this mean that Senators would actually have to vote on the merits of a particular piece of legislation rather than blindly following the orders of the party leader?

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08112008/news/columnists/pols_fearing_a_senate_tie_bind_123957.htm

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