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Healthcare Summit : Chicago Style
FEBRUARY 25, 2010 | Jed Babbin

Posted on 02/26/2010 5:25:08 AM PST by RobinMasters

Senate Democrat “moderates” probably slept well last night, but no House Blue Dog should have. In the marathon Blair House healthcare “summit,” the Chicago Obama family made it perfectly clear that the Senate Dems are protected “made men” but the House members are expendable in Obama’s pursuit of nationalizing healthcare.

The summit convened after a round of new polls showed -- again -- that most Americans don’t want Obamacare. A Quinnipiac poll showed Americans disapproved of Obama’s healthcare plan by 54-35 percent. Rasmussen said 56% opposed and 41% approved, and both Pew Research and PPP said 50% were opposed to it. The opposition will almost certainly rise after yesterday’s media event.

For that is what it was. It was precisely as Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind) characterized it to me last night. The “summit” wasn’t anything resembling an honest debate or a real negotiation. Pence pointed out that Obama opened the meeting with comments that directly contravened his stated objectives for the summit. Instead of opening the “summit” to a debate and negotiation of both sides’ positions, Obama began by stating that his purpose was to make the case for his healthcare bill.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; babbin; bhohealthcare; gophealthcare; missinglink

1 posted on 02/26/2010 5:25:08 AM PST by RobinMasters
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2 posted on 02/26/2010 5:25:21 AM PST by RobinMasters
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Obama and the Crats look more and more like the Jim Jones Cult. What flavor Obama Aide will they use for the mass suicide?


3 posted on 02/26/2010 5:32:21 AM PST by screaminsunshine
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To: RobinMasters

The GOP should have let Paul Ryan speak then get up & leave.


4 posted on 02/26/2010 5:34:31 AM PST by wordsofearnest (Job 19:25 As for me, I know my Redeemer lives.)
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To: RobinMasters

Are we not supposed to link to the article at Human Events?

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=35792


5 posted on 02/26/2010 5:35:20 AM PST by savedbygrace
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To: savedbygrace

My goodness ! I thought I did it. Sorry. Thank you Savedbygrace.


6 posted on 02/26/2010 5:37:09 AM PST by RobinMasters
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To: RobinMasters

Color me relieved. I don’t even try to keep up on all the rules for posting from various publications, so I really wasn’t sure.


7 posted on 02/26/2010 5:39:58 AM PST by savedbygrace
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To: RobinMasters
Human Events
8 posted on 02/26/2010 10:15:30 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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