Should we break out the popcorn as we watch this? Geez louise, now some liberals want this bill de-railed too?
It’s been amazing to watch this health care “debate” about health care “reform”. Increasing numbers of people are against this, yet Congress and the president seem determined to shove it down our throats. The more people know about the plan, the more they are against it.
Absolutely. Obamacare is dead.
Nobody has noticed that with the hard left jumping ship Dem “moderates” no longer have any substantial reason to stay on board. Consider Blanche Lincoln's position. Two weeks ago she was caught between a clear majority of her constituents who didn't want Obamacare and a vociferous minority of leftists who did. That minority had disproportionate influence because they were the people she needed to animate her campaign. That minority is the only source of money and enthusiasm she can tap and she couldn't afford to annoy it. Voting against Obamacare might even have drawn a primary challenge. voting for it on the other hand would have given her Republican opponent a huge stick to beat her with in the general election. Whether she said yea or nay she was doomed; so she stayed curled up in her foxhole hoping the whole mess would go away.
And it did. Thanks to Roland Burris, Bernie Sanders and Howard Dean, Lincoln need no longer fear the wrath of the hard left if she joins in killing Harry's bill. At least a half dozen red state Dems are in the same situation. They were only staying on board the sinking ship because they were lashed down by their fear of the lunatic left. Howard Dean just cut the ties that bound them. Now that they can, they'll all be going over the side en masse.
We not only need popcorn, we need a lot of popcorn.