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Obama: No healthcare action until Brown is seated
The Hill ^

Posted on 01/20/2010 11:42:29 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Obama: No healthcare action until Brown is seated By Michael O'Brien - 01/20/10 02:22 PM ET

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the Senate should halt any action on healthcare legislation until Senator-elect Scott Brown (R-Mass.) can be seated.

Obama told ABC News's George Stephanopoulos in an interview to air tonight that he doesn't want to move on health legislation, his top domestic priority, until Brown joins the Senate, which would give the GOP enough votes to sustain a filibuster.

"Here's one thing I know and I just want to make sure that this is off the table: The Senate certainly shouldn't try to jam anything through until Scott Brown is seated," the president said. "The people of Massachusetts spoke. He's got to be part of that process."

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To: Sub-Driver

.......”The Senate certainly shouldn’t try to jam anything through until Scott Brown is seated,” the president said.

Does this mean that after Brown is seated it is okay to ‘try to jam anything through’?


41 posted on 01/20/2010 12:03:24 PM PST by muglywump (Seven days without laughter makes one weak.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Folks, remember that this Kenyan Poseur is form the south side of Chicago - its a mis-direction play. He is highly probably right now discussing with the Pelosi bitch and the soon-to-former Senator, Harry Reid, how to cram this crap through.


42 posted on 01/20/2010 12:04:02 PM PST by MarkT
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To: onyx

KILL ... THE ... BILL !!


43 posted on 01/20/2010 12:04:15 PM PST by STARWISE (They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
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To: Sub-Driver

Folks, remember that this Kenyan Poseur is form the south side of Chicago - its a mis-direction play. He is highly probably right now discussing with the Pelosi bitch and the soon-to-former Senator, Harry Reid, how to cram this crap through.


44 posted on 01/20/2010 12:05:01 PM PST by MarkT
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To: Bitsy

Excellent advice. I agree with your take.


45 posted on 01/20/2010 12:05:29 PM PST by dforest (Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
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To: Sub-Driver
It seems even the affirmative action president can make the right decision once a year :)

If they had tried to pull a fast one, blood may have run in the streets, seriously.

46 posted on 01/20/2010 12:05:46 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied, the economy died)
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To: Doogle

You should of just stopped at “No HCB” since adding icing to a turd doesn’t make it taste any better.

They need to scrap EVERYTHING they have done to this point and start over fresh with some of those ideas.


47 posted on 01/20/2010 12:08:22 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied, the economy died)
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To: Windflier

I actually don’t read this as a real concession at all. Notice he is saying that they should wait to “jam it through” until Brown is seated. They are still going to try and “jam it” via gimmicks after Brown is seated. This seems to me to be a very calculated response.


48 posted on 01/20/2010 12:08:43 PM PST by The Unknown Republican
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To: Sub-Driver

Hey 0bama you you punk...
How about some transparency and televising the health care proceedings on CSPAN?

Until then you are the same old BS artist and liar


49 posted on 01/20/2010 12:08:49 PM PST by dennisw (It all comes 'round again --Fairport)
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To: GauchoUSA

Flip a coin!

Pick a Day!

Parts is Parts!


50 posted on 01/20/2010 12:10:50 PM PST by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: Sub-Driver

The best way to lead a parade is to first find out which way it is going then step out in front of it.


51 posted on 01/20/2010 12:14:33 PM PST by Clive
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To: Windflier

Ideology aside he ‘s the worst because he had a ton of political capital and mismanaged it, particularly in his dealings with congress. Right wrong, Bush got stuff done.


52 posted on 01/20/2010 12:14:58 PM PST by Callahan
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To: GnuHere
I don’t trust it either, they seem to always do another head fake when something doesn’t go their way.
53 posted on 01/20/2010 12:16:39 PM PST by pepperdog (As Israel goes, so goes America!)
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To: Callahan
I’ve never understood the appeal. However, when it comes to news from the Underworld I tip my hat to your courage and appreciate your reports.
54 posted on 01/20/2010 12:19:45 PM PST by pepperdog (As Israel goes, so goes America!)
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To: onyx
What the hell does he mean by "part of that PROCESS"?

I smell a trap.

55 posted on 01/20/2010 12:30:48 PM PST by maggief
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To: JoSixChip
Just add the Democratic Leadership...
56 posted on 01/20/2010 12:31:09 PM PST by GauchoUSA
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To: maggief

I do too and I don’t want to post my thoughts.


57 posted on 01/20/2010 12:35:55 PM PST by onyx
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To: The Unknown Republican
I actually don’t read this as a real concession at all. Notice he is saying that they should wait to “jam it through” until Brown is seated.

Poor phrasing on Obama's part. Nothing more.

He's simply conceding that the Democrats will now move from a stance of total aggression, to one of negotiation, or, Washington politics as usual.

He's just positioning himself in front of the fast approaching reality curve, and attempting to maintain the appearance of being in command of his own strategy.

The bald-faced, and obvious truth, is that Obama's just been hog-tied, and he knows it. His reckless Marxist agenda is dead. Dead as a door nail. He now has to pull a Clinton move to the center to have any hope of saving his party, or his presidency.

Expect the Democrats to now shift gears, and begin working on every spineless jellyfish that can be found on our side.

58 posted on 01/20/2010 12:40:44 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: onyx

Can you give us a hint? ;)


59 posted on 01/20/2010 12:49:02 PM PST by maggief
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To: Graybeard58

Charity asks me to hope that he is beginning to see some light. Check the article on stockpiling weapons in Israel, too.
I find it easier to pray for repentance (or at least acknowledgment of the opposition’s strength) than to heap curses down every time I hear his name - though I am still flabbergasted and angered almost every day.


60 posted on 01/20/2010 12:52:01 PM PST by Apogee
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