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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is like throwing red meat to the Republican loons in Congress, who almost certainly will not allow this to become law. [/quote]
It is not a question of whether the Republicans will let it become law, it is a question of whether the Democrats will let it become law. That’s a 50/50 proposition.[/quote]

Any vulnerable Democrat on the national stage is going to flee from supporting this bill because it's going to become an easy talking point for their Republican opponents, who will simply say "this person supported lowering penalties for violent gun crimes and carjacking in DC during a time when both were through the roof." The ridiculous talking points used by Charles Allen and his ilk are not going to fly on a national level (they barely fly at the DC level).[/quote]

Someone will have to introduce a bill to block it, though — and House Republicans have enough on their agenda that I'm not sure they'll make time for debate over a local D.C. matter.

I'm also not sure why any voters in, say, Arizona would care that their senator voted to lower penalties for violent crime in D.C. — are they voting based on their concern for D.C. residents?[/quote]

Because they can point to their vote and say to their rube followers, "See, I owned the libs when they tried to lower penalities for violent crime." [/quote]
Exactly. They can get Democrats on the record for reducing penalties for violent crime at a time when violent crime is increasing. Doesn’t matter that it’s only in DC. They’ll say that they will want to do the same in your community next.

For my part, I don’t understand the Democratic two-step here. On the one hand they say that violent crime is a national problem and there they cannot control it locally or something. On the other hand, locally they are communicating to the criminals that they will not be treated harshly when they commit violent crimes.

I don’t get it. [/quote]

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