[NELSON111]

The amount of political capital spent on this disaster is beyond comprehension. No other president...OR congress (the leaders) in the past would have spent all their political capital on one piece of legislation. Obama DRAINED every last ounce of political capital he had left in order to pass this thing.

That being said: It ought to scare the pants off of everyone when they stop and think-"What is this really going to do to us if someone is willing to commit political suicide over a piece of legislation? What is this really all about?"

'Cause you know they didn't do it out of some sense of Charity. What is really in this legislation that they are willing to "die" for it?

Be very afraid.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

You are wrong. The real socialist legislation is yet to come: total Amnesty and citizenship - so nothing can be reversed. 2010 will be completely ACORN-Mexican fixed.

[Califelephant]

What is really in this legislation that they are willing to “die” for it?

From Kim Strassel in The Wall Street Journal:

“So why the stubborn insistence on passing health reform? Think big. The liberal wing of the party — the Barney Franks, the David Obeys — are focused beyond November 2010, to the long-term political prize. They want a health-care program that inevitably leads to a value-added tax and a permanent welfare state. Big government then becomes fact, and another Ronald Reagan becomes impossible. See Continental Europe.”

[caww]

Aye!