NYT: DEMS PLAN TO GO IT ALONE ON HEATHCARE... DEVELOPING...(Drudge)

Drudge & New York Times ^ | August 18, 2009 | Carl Hulse and Jeff Zeleny

[MeekOneGOP]

NYT: DEMS PLAN TO GO IT ALONE ON HEATHCARE... DEVELOPING...

Democrats see little chance for GOP cooperation on health care

By Carl Hulse and Jeff Zeleny

New York Times
Posted: 08/18/2009 07:05:52 PM PDT
Updated: 08/18/2009 07:05:53 PM PDT

WASHINGTON — Given hardening Republican opposition to congressional health care proposals, Democrats now say they see little chance for the minority's cooperation in approving any overhaul, and are increasingly focused on drawing support for a final plan from within their own ranks.

Top Democrats said Tuesday that their go-it-alone view was being shaped by what they saw as Republicans' purposely strident tone against health care legislation during this month's congressional recess, as well as remarks by leading Republicans that current proposals were flawed beyond repair.

The White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said of Republican lawmakers, "Only a handful seem interested in the type of comprehensive reform that so many people believe is necessary to ensure the principles and the goals that the president has laid out."

The Democratic shift may not make producing a final bill much easier. The party must still reconcile the views of moderate and conservative Democrats worried about the cost and scope of the legislation with those of more progressive lawmakers determined to win a government-run insurance option to compete with private insurers..........

[HiTech RedNeck]

There isn’t even one official bill yet. Aren’t the shell shufflers still talking about five of them?

[Recovering_Democrat]

Prepare to see
Atlas Shrug

[Artemis Webb]

Honestly I would love to be wrong.
Hell I would do back flips (exaggeration) if I were wrong and you were right. I just don't feel that confident about it. I would much rather kill this crap in the larval stage.

[truthkeeper]

You are SO right.

[staytrue]

The dems new slogan:

No to PUBLIC OPINION
Yes to PUBLIC OPTION

[Shqipo]

>>>what happens if Kennedy can’t vote?? He didn’t go to his sister’s funeral.<<<
—Obamacide, then Duvall Patrick appoints himself to the seat.

[MeekOneGOP]

A-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-E-E-E-E!!!!

[Cboldt]

-- The Left will happily burn the Constitution to destroy this country. --

The intent of the Constitution, to limit the feds, is long dead. It would take a miracle for the people to recover control over their government.

[NRA2BFree]

Maybe this will shed some light on what I was talking about. :)

[NautiNurse]

we've got several arrows in our quiver.

Thanks! I am usually the optimist to the bitter end. After hitting the post button, I said to myself, "Yikes--this is very unlike you."

[truthkeeper]

Obama to America: DROP DEAD

[HiTech RedNeck]

We need to be on it like brown on rice however far it is pushed. Let it be the grand Waterloo of the Rats.

[wombtotomb]

I dunno, we did it once a couple hundred years ago......

[penelopesire]

We wish! So far it seems that the titans of industry have sold out this country. It is going to be up to the millions of small business owners and patriots to stop this marxist takeover of our country!

WHERE IS JOHN GALT?

[McGruff]

I think they’re bluffing. Supposedly no public plan will pass the senate. Period.

[VRWC For Truth]

The ship of fools isn't going anywhere. They are TOAST and they know it.

[thesearethetimes...]

Without doubt.

May God give us the strength, and foresight to persevere, in our task to keep this Republic.

Tatt

[OldDeckHand]

"If they have 11 who are against the public option, which is entirely possible"

I think it's very, very close I fear that they only have eight, maybe nine that will vote against it the public option. I count Landrieu, Baucus, Linconln, Conrod and Nelson as reliable "no" votes, with "maybe no's" Bayh, McKaskill and Tester. Not sure about the new guy in Alaska.

Don't forget, Martinez will be gone so there's one less Republican to vote against it. Collins and Snow are completely unpredictable.

[Repeal 16-17]

Obama to America: DROP DEAD

America to Obama: YOU FIRST

[fatima]

Really,Most people I am talking to don’t want this.They are crazy if they push this through.