[Boiling Pots]

Reconciliation brings in a whole new element to the game...how many Democrat Senators aren’t willing to blow up the Senate for the sake of Obama’s career? If it’s 4, 5 then that would be enough to kill it.

I think it’s a bluff, based on Conrad and Grahams statements.

[OldDeckHand]

"Reconciliation brings in a whole new element to the game...how many Democrat Senators aren’t willing to blow up the Senate for the sake of Obama’s career? If it’s 4, 5 then that would be enough to kill it."

I hope you are right. I really hope that you are right.

[randita]

I think it’s a bluff, based on Conrad and Grahams statements.

I think it's a bluff too, or the daily trial balloon. It's said that there are 100 members of the House who will NOT vote for a plan without a public option but also that the Senate will NOT pass with a public option. How do you cut that baby in half?

With moderates opposing this bill almost 2 to 1, it makes absolutely no political sense to ramrod this through. It would be easy enough to take an incremental approach and do a couple of small things. This would allow Democrats and Obama to claim a victory of sorts.