Just the thing Obama needed to take the Muslim terrorist attack off the news tomorrow....
Exactly. Of course, HealthControl is a more serious act of domestic terrorism, and will kill far, far more people.
Honestly, I expect the United States to fall apart in squalor and bankruptcy like the Soviet Union it has come to resemble.
Yep, as Doctors move out, Property Values will drop, more
We are in GOOD SHAPE. So many of you are asking what I am smoking. True enough, I would have preferred this die in the house but let's look at what happened:
1. The bill passed 220 - 215, hardly a screaming mandate. So what that a DIABLO voted for it, 37 DEMOCRATS DEFECTED to our 2...so we hammer out the 2 republicans, get conservative in and move on. Fine.
2. The senate has to act on it, and they are not going to act until after the first of the year, if they act at all. The best thing for the senate is to delay it, because once this garbage hits 2010, it is an election year baby, and NO ONE will want this hung around their neck.
3. This thing CANNOT get through the senate if, in fact, Lieberman is going to join the republican filibuster. No republican, even Snowe and Collins will vote for cloture, so this thing dies in the filibuster in the senate (Probably comes up well short of cloture because Byrd has indicated he would filibuster as well if he can be present to vote). What this means is that there is only, at best, 58 votes for cloture, this thing mever gets off the ground in the senate. If you want history, look at cap and trade, this passed the house by an almost identical margin and has languished in the senate, and will likely not get out. No senate vote, no conference committee, no bill, no problem.
4. Reid is in the fight of his life to keep his seat. He really does not want to see this SOB pass. San Fran nan is safe, but Reid is not. It is a lot more fun being the senate majority leader than the head of the Kiwainis in freaking searchlight, Nevada.
Remember the house of representin' is the place where emotion can surge and all sorts of crazy stuff can happen, but the senate is the "cooling plate" of the legislative process. I think that the senate will not be able to bust through a bipartisan filibuster. Now the news will mindlessly pant this great victory, but this is far from over, and, I believe, likely will not see any further action. WAY to many democrats up for election in conservative states, and remember, two big Obama states just threw democrats out on their ass, everyone will remember that who has to vote for this freaking thing.
I am a physician, so my livelihood is on the line with this, but as disappointed as I am in the house vote, I think this thing dies in the senate, and that is the bottom line for tonight.
Remember, our government is awful, but it is the best way in the world to run a country, this too shall be OK...
Keep praying, turn your attention to the senate and melt their phone lines, and I bet anyone here a steak dinner that in six months, we will have the exact same health care system we have today, BUT, the blue dogs will be gone with the next election, because they have to defend what their party did. All in all for as much as this sucks, this will aid in the purge of rats from the congress...