yessirree Bob, Cass Sunstein sure has his Cognitive Infiltration troops fired up today!
You make an interesting point regarding amnesty. Ever since the vocal opposition to the health care bill started, I wondered how the democrats managed to develop political tin ears.
Democrats are the ones in Congress most in need of a job -- it's not like they can do anything else. Republicans can afford to buck their constituents because most of them were making more money outside the public sector and will always have a job to go back to. Democrats, OTOH, have no talent to speak of and are wholly dependent on the voters for a paycheck.
Citizen opposition stopped Hillary-care 16 years ago. Citizens were far more vocal, and far more organized, this time around. Obama-care should have been DOA in the House. But somehow it managed to stay alive.
It doesn't make sense that someone who depends on the good will of his constituents, especially someone like Stupak who has been in the business for several cycles, would take a risk like this without some sort of assurance that his seat would not be in jeopardy.
If the election were held tomorrow, we could easily count on a pickup of 30 seats. 40 would give us the majority, and right now that number looks well within reach. So what did the democrat leadership say to the gaggle of misfits they call a party to convince them to vote for this bill and, effectively, sign their own pink slip? How about deem and pass amnesty. How about 20 million new votes before the November elections, and they’re all voting D.
You make a very good point, Scythian. The democrats will not stop now. They must protect their control of all branches of government, and amnesty would assure them control of Congress for the next fifty years.