Obama To Meet With Liberals

The Atlantic ^ | Sep 4 2009 | Chris Good

[nickcarraway]

Liberal Democrats in the House will get their wish: President Obama will meet with them face to face Tuesday or Wednesday to discuss health reform legislation.

House Progressive Caucus co-chairs Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) and Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) requested a meeting "as soon as possible" in a letter to Obama Thursday, in which they reiterated their pledge to block comprehensive health care reform that does not include a public option and made it clear, in no uncertain terms, that they oppose the "trigger" proposal the White House recently floated. (Under that plan, a public health insurance plan would be created only if private insurers fail to meet certain targets.) A total of 60 liberal House Democrats have made the pledge to block reforms without a public option, though not all have weighed in on the "trigger" plan since the White House floated it.

Obama held a conference call Friday with Woolsey, Grijalva, and leaders of the House Tri-Caucus (comprised of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus). On it, caucus leaders pressed for the public option.

"The president listened, asked many questions, and suggested that the dialogue should continue," according to a press release from Woolsey's office.

That dialogue will indeed continue Tuesday or Wednesday, as Obama will hold a follow-up meeting with caucus leaders at the White House, according to Woolsey's office.

It's unclear how seriously progressives will threaten health reform's passage. They've made their statement clearly enough, and it looks as if a public option won't gain enough votes to make it through the Senate. For House Democrats, health reform could come down to a choice between a co-op plan or the "trigger," and no reform at all.

[jessduntno]

Obama meets with LIBERALS? Moving hard to his right, now?

[Jeff Head]

So...Obama is going to move to the right and meet with the liberals?

I mean, just look at Obama's inner circle throughout his life...and you will know what I mean.

Van Jones = Frank Davis = Bill Ayers = Bernardine Dohrn = Jeremiah Wright = Tony Rezko = Rashid Khalidi = Raila Ordinga = Carol Browner = Rahm Emanuel = John Holdren = Rosa Brooks = Eric Holder = Ezekiel Emanuel = BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

This is who the man is. A cauldron of corruption, greed, marxism and communism...with disturbing ties to radical Islam.

...he is also now the President of the United States of America, and he is going about, with a will, and very methodically destroying the free market and fundamental republican principle within our nation.

OBAMA IS AN ABJECT MARXIST IDEOLOGUE

AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY

A PETITION ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION

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[Signalman]

As Dick Morris recently said, Bubba Clinton moved to the Left during his first 2 years in office (Gov’t health care, gays in the military etc.) Then, realizing that this was a political mistake, (especially after Nov. of 1994)he moved back to the center and got himself re-elected.

But Clinton was not the far-left ideologue that Hussein is. So, IMO, if Hussein is talked into passing a Health Care Bill with a government option, he is toast for 2012. I think, unlike Bubba, his political ideology will trump political pragmatism.

[Jeff Chandler]

Obama To Meet With Liberals

[Libloather]

House Liberals Write Directly To Obama: No Public Option, No Support

[al baby]

I long for the days of soiled blue dresses

[Chuzzlewit]

[KarlInOhio]

He's trying to calm them down and is telling them that anything he takes out of Obamacare now to get it passed will be put back in as soon as possible. He just needs to fool the rubes with torches and pitchforks to get them to calm down and watch the exciting new programs in this year's fall boob tube schedule.

[Uncle Miltie]

Is this the same Progressive Caucus that coordinates policy with the Socialist Party of America?

[Uncle Miltie]

Why, yes it is!

"Until 1999 the Progressive Caucus worked in open partnership with Democratic Socialists of America. After the press reported on this link, the connections suddenly vanished from both organizations' websites."

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