From Mr. Brightside:

Unfortunately, Dionne has a point … It was embarrassing that the Republicans were pushing a minimum wage increase in the first place. That horrible (and unjust, which is the more fundamental point) economic policy was being combined with good isn’t any excuse–there’s a Republican majority, darn it, and if I wanted to see childish fumbling with the economy as if it were Congress’ toy, I’d have voted for the Democrats.