Posted on 12/23/2009 6:44:37 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Obama plans for health care delay, new jobs bill By: Mike Allen and Alexander Trowbridge December 23, 2009 09:25 AM EST
The White House privately anticipates health care talks to slip into February past President Barack Obamas first State of the Union address and then plans to make a very hard pivot to a new jobs bill, according to senior administration officials.
Obama has been told that disputes over abortion and the tight schedule are highly likely to delay a final deal, a blow to the president who had hoped to trumpet a health care victory in his big speech to the nation. But he has also been told that House Democratic leaders seem inclined, at least for now, to largely accept the compromise worked out in the Senate, virtually assuring he will eventually get a deal.
Internally, White House aides are plunging into a 2010 plan calling for an early focus on creating jobs, especially in the energy sector, along with starting a conversation about deficit reduction measures, the administration officials said.
Both will be major themes for his first State of the Union speech, which will likely take place on Jan. 26 or Feb. 2. White House aides are in the early stages of planning for the national address, but Obama will not only trumpet what he has described as his B-plus performance in 2009 but also set the stage for the 2010 congressional campaigns.
Obama and Democrats seem in agreement that they want to minimize the number of tough votes moderates in their party must take in the aftermath of the health care debate.
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The health care bill will open up tons of new jobs in the federal government - this is how they plan to get unemployment down. Out of work Americans will have no choice but to hold their noses and apply just so they can get some income again. Then Obama will say he saved/created jobs. Thousands more Americans earning money pushing paper from one side of their desk to the other. Looks good in the short term stats but it’s a house of cards.
VA link does not work for me.
Why would they lie if they had the votes, they would boast about it.
The Abortion issue is going to give them a hard time, since over 70% of the American People are against forcing those against it to pay for it.
House members take those numbers seriously.
If the Bill goes to reconcilation, they will need 60 again to break cloture.
But their real problem is in the House, where only a 5 vote shift could end it.
This Bill might just fade away.
HotAir has a great take on this. The Dems are in BIG TROUBLE:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30925.html
HotAir has a great piece on this. The Dems are in BIG TROUBLE:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/23/wh-putting-health-care-off-until-february/
About 65k a year to hire a 40k government union drone.
We only lose 25 thousand on the deal and no healthcare package necessary.
It’s historical and unprecedented.
I have to start a thread on Obamaisms for a little FReeper fun.
Obama reality or Obamaisms:
“My snow blower was jammed and I just poked my fingers in there to free it up. While I did lose 3 digits I am happy to report that the rest of my fingers and my hand is intact. Even better news; I did this with my left hand, so this won’t affect my writing at all. The snowblower is running like a champ!! Oh, happy day!!”
“I can’t be out of money! There are still checks in the checkbook!”
they have either lost all sense of reality or they’re great liars.
These Dems come out as a group and smile and then say how this Govt take over is great.
Even now bozo is telling the left to forget their take over as it seems he just wants to make history than do things for the country.
I have never seen Dems so out of touch and that is saying something (GOP too in many ways).
They have no idea that this country hates this bill, left and right and the middle too.
Has the white house not let them see the public or the media lately including polls.
Every time the Dems go out there shoving this to us they’re making them selves look even more stupid than any Govt can do
Uh, the stimulus was supposed to keep unemployment below 8%. Hussein is a fail.
Obama is an idiot.
Smokescreen tactics.
The House Dems will vote for it, regardless of the final version hammered out with the Senate.
Pelosi will beat them like a steel drum in Aruba until they all vote for it.
Don’t be fooled by screaming moonbats about the public option nonsense.
Destroy them in 2010.
> WH anticipates health care talks to slip into Feb
GOOD. Then halt tomorrow’s vote on the Bill and send the
Senators home to read the 2000-plus page monstrosity — so they
know what the hell they’re voting for!
Freekitty is correct — where the heck is Politico getting its info?
Jobs are created out of thin air. That is, they come from inside obama’s head.
Can any of these evil morons say with a straight face that the TAXES they’ll collect for the first 4 years will be LOCKBOXED (just like Social Security) and of course not used for anything else until the HEALTHCARE BENEFITS kick in?
Duh!!! They’ll use the money for their bribery projects in their districts...
When facing failure, change the game.
Was his lips moving or was it just words from Soros scrolling across the TOTUS?
His lips were moving? Thought so....HE LIES!!!!!! He’s just like his daddy, satan.
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