Today President Obama announced a wage freeze for federal employees in order to limit federal spending. The move is largely symbolic, because federal salaries are not a big enough part of the budget to make a big dent in the deficit. One article I read said this would decrease spending by 0.05 percent.
Daily Kos immediately came out with several posts attacking the move as a consevative idea, giving in to Republicans, counterproductive, etc. What is interesting is that, in this evening's Open Thread, a post that features DKos reader diaries that are recommended by other readers, two of the eight top recommended diaries condemned the knee-jerk reaction by Daily Kos and called for pragmatism and moderation.
I wonder if that sort of debate could take place on a conservative website. Perhaps if the President were a Republican and was attacked for being too moderate. In any case, I think it's a great sign that not everyone goes along with the most strident party-line message.
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