1) establish unbeatable majority
2) use shortsighted appeasement tactics: spinelessly give away concessions during committee phase to opposition forces who don't intend to vote for the Bill no matter what form it takes.
3) having given away those concessions, let grandstanding attention-hungry munchkins of your own super-majority break rank and torpedo your semi-crappy non-reform-oriented "reform" legislation BY GIVING EVEN MORE AWAY and shifting the tone of the Bill to anti-reform.
4) watch as the fallout of your own incompetence swings majority the other way to a Party that knows how to get things done.
The Case for Cursing
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from the New York Times:
You know when you stub your toe and involuntarily utter an expletive? You
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