Re: Democrat unanimity on voting against Obamacare repeal:
“Doesn’t it defy reason? They were handed the perfect “out” and didn’t use it.”
The key here is that the vote had almost nothing to do with the views of the vulnerable Senators on healthcare - it had everything to do with Obama.
He’s still their golden boy, their Chosen One, despite his ever-more-obvious incompetance. They’re committed to covering his butt, and since any defections against his legislative centerpiece would be a major political blow (and passage of repeal to force an Obama veto would almost be fatal politically), like obedient little butt-boys, they toed the line and voted “nay”.
Think of all those stupid donkey congressmen who took an electoral pounding last November because of their loyalty to Obama, and extrapolate to 2012. All the vulnerable Dems won’t get beaten because of this vote, but some will - and we’ll all enjoy gloating when it happens.