Posted on 08/19/2009 12:47:36 PM PDT by Schnucki
President Barack Obama is poised to abandon attempts to broker bipartisan health care reform and instead push through proposals using only the votes of Democrats.
White House officials said they had been forced to take the step by Republicans amid an increasingly bitter debate over the plans.
The Obama administration appears set on taking the politically dangerous route of painting Republicans as health care obstructionists despite polling showing widespread concern among Americans.
Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, told The New York Times that the Republican leadership "has made a strategic decision that defeating President Obama's health care proposal is more important for their political goals than solving the health insurance problems that Americans face every day".
Republicans respond that they are simply opposing the trillion-dollar Democratic-drafted legislation and that the vocal public concern underlines the validity of their stance.
He campaigned on a promise of ushering in a new era of bipartisanship in Washington but since he entered the White House in January Mr Obama has struggled to win over Republicans.
Mr Obama's shift reflects the political reality that there is little prospect of agreement between Democrats and Republicans on the increasingly contentious issue of health care reform, which has triggered angry protests at public meetings across the country.
There are signs that any further movement to accommodate Republicans could lead to a split on the Left that would imperil reform. Recent moves to float the notion of abandoning an optional government-sponsored insurance plan have been met with fury on the Left, which is accusing Mr Obama of abandoning his principles.
After spending several weeks protesting that there was no plan for "death panels" to enforce euthanasia, the White House is again on the defensive, this time over the government insurance option. Over the summer, Mr Obama's
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Trouble brewing in socialist utopia.
I think I’ve seen this movie before: When’s the Reichstag fire?
IMO, if these treasonous RATs push this through, the RAT party is through; finished!
The DeathCare bill is their declaration of war against the American people.
The list, ping
Captain Zero drop the partisan reform or start packing your bags because you and your party are sinking faster then the Titanic.
“Dropped it”? When did he ever embrace it?
It has never ben a bi-partisan bill,it was written with Republicans locked out of the room.
This act of calling Republicans Obstructionists isnt going to hurt Republicans , when these fool Democrats start paying the bill.
They are going to run this through on motion for reconcilliation and we’ll all be screwed. If they reakky want to take the chance there is nothing that can stop them in the senate
He still needs the blue dawg Dems correct.
Make them debate on their own.
We are in trouble if this passes with or without Republican support.
This is a lie. There was never any attempt at bipartisanship. Now the Democrats are making a big stink about “abandoning” it. You can’t abandon something you didn’t try in the first place.
This is a lie. There was never any attempt at bipartisanship. Now the Democrats are making a big stink about “abandoning” it. You can’t abandon something you didn’t try in the first place.
Ping!!
They’re not listening to anyone. They’re drunk on power and tyranny.
They made it. They own it.
It is a tar baby of epic proportions.
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