Stop the Hysteria: The Vote on Health Care Bill Is Long From Being Over

November 21 2009 | jeveritas

[jerry557]

The Dems will push something through. They have to in order to appease their far-left base.

[mockingbyrd]

Hang on. I was under the impression that this WAS the 60 member vote. That from here on out, they need 51 votes. Are you saying there’s still one more 60 head vote....where Libermann could come through? Really?

[TurtleUp]

I hope you’re right. Otherwise, I only see three more or less equally likely possibilities: this horror passes and the country goes bankrupt, this horror passes and the country falls into civil war, or this horror fails when the House and Senate cannot agree. I’m surprised by how little the first two options bother me.

[avacado]

Hope you are right.

[NEPAConservative]

tru dat. No panic yet.

[avacado]

They need 60 votes to end the debate before the 51 vote deal.

[doc1019]

Seldom dose a bill that makes it out of committee ever fail. Yes, panic is in order.

[screaminsunshine]

You are pinning all your hope on a Liberal Democrat. I think they will Weasel and squirm their way in to some kind of unholy disgusting deal no matter what. Polecats and Varments never change.

[diamond6]

THANK YOU for your post!!!

[what's up]

That from here on out, they need 51 votes. Are you saying there’s still one more 60 head vote....where Libermann could come through? Really?

Reid has said he is not going to do reconciliation (51 vote tactic). Of course, we know he is a RAT so can go back on his word in an instant.

Today's vote was a vote to bring the bill forward for debate. We have yet to go thru the debate process and the REAL vote to pass the legislation. The real vote is where Lieberman could come thru and stop this thing.

[sushiman]

It’s a done deal , despite all the phony drama .

[jveritas]

Of course they still need 60 votes to end the debate. In fact the real filibuster that occurs often, kills many bills, that we often hear about is the one about ending the debate not starting it.

This bill with it current public option does not have 60 vote for cloture to end the debate and move it for a final vote. That is a certainty.

[1951Boomer]

To parody that line from Gone with the Wind: “It’s panic time when I SAYS it’s panic time. Panic time!”

[The Good Doctor]

What’s to stop them from buying every needed vote? They’ve all got their price. $300 million, $500 million? Whatever, it’s only taxpayer money.

[Wooly]

They are going to push the health care nationalization through by hook and crook because they want control. It is time that the posters at the tea parties read, RESIGN NOW!

[jveritas]

They will pass what I called the “most likely scenario” which is a trigger public option or trigger co-op. This will drive the left wing base insane because they are very much against a trigger public option or trigger co-op.

[jveritas]

Many bills have been killed even when they are of committee. I do not know where you are getting your data.

[jveritas]

Many bills have been killed even when they are of committee. I do not know where you are getting your data.

[Frantzie]

Thanks for the thoughtful post.
Any Dem Senators in VA up for election in 2010?

I wonder if Lou Dobbs can run and win in NJ?

Will Rudy get off the fence against Gillibrand or better George Pataki?