Last week, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) launched a blog, expanding on her already well-documented use of social media.
Toward the end of her first week of blogging, McCaskill published a post hinting that she, like Sen. Bayh (D-IN), is not entirely sold on President Obama’s budget; however, because she respects the President’s ability to listen, she is confident he’ll take reasonable criticism of his budget to heart and compromise accordingly.
That hint, and its timing, strikes me as notable for several reasons.
- McCaskill was one of Obama’s most ardent backers during his campaign for the White House.
Her budget-related post was published around the same time the CBO announced its conclusion that “the president’s $3.6 trillion budget and its new initiatives would create significantly larger deficits than the White House has forecast.”
The post in question was also published mere hours before “Organizing for America” — the in-power version of Obama’s seeking-power organization — launched a massive Saturday canvassing effort “to sell the administration’s economic plan.”
I’m heartened by the Senator’s voice of reason because I believe, as she apparently does, that “The way forward is almost always up the middle.”