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BULLETIN: DEMS DON'T HAVE THE VOTES
Dick Morris ^ | March 19, 2010 | DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN

Posted on 03/19/2010 7:32:07 AM PDT by crescen7

From a top level source in the House comes the news that the Democrats are still short of the 216 votes they need to pass Obamacare. They have decided, however, to go for broke on Sunday and attempt to pass it whether or not they have enough support. They feel that only by forcing a vote can the force members off the fence. They hope that by employing all means at their disposal, they can round up enough votes for passage. But, if they don't have the votes, they will allow the measure to be defeated. One source called it a "suicide run."

(Excerpt) Read more at vote.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: healthcare; morris
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To: crescen7
This whole process has been a disgraceful sham which bears not even the slightest resemblance to ‘American government’ as I have been taught.

Where and at what point did these people forgo their responsibility to the American voters? When did they abandon accountability for personal aggrandizement?

More to the point, when did Americans decide that they could stand by allowing this and still call themselves ‘independent’?

21 posted on 03/19/2010 7:42:24 AM PDT by SMARTY ("What luck for rulers that men do not think. " Adolph Hitler)
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To: crescen7; nutmeg; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; Clintonfatigued; AuH2ORepublican; ExTexasRedhead

Every dollar that is expended on an illegal alien (and these vermin ARE covered under ObamaCare) represents one less dollar available for an AMERICAN in need:
a hungry child,
a disabled person,
a senior citizen,
-or- a veteran who risked their life for our country

Our politicians are an embarassment. Why bother being a working, tax paying, law abiding citizen? What’s the benefit?

Until American citizens STOP giving elected officials permission to STEAL from them (voting for the Democrat Party), nothing will change.


22 posted on 03/19/2010 7:42:51 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Camelot sleeps with the fishes!)
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To: crescen7

23 posted on 03/19/2010 7:42:57 AM PDT by OB1kNOb ( I WILL NOT COMPLY !)
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To: crescen7

I thought I was the only one that was less than enthralled with the Toe Suckers’ perspicacity. Freepers are smart.


24 posted on 03/19/2010 7:43:21 AM PDT by Barb4Bush (God bless Glenn Beck!)
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To: crescen7
Pelosi has never lost a vote. She will not take it to the floor unless she has the votes.
25 posted on 03/19/2010 7:43:48 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: truthkeeper

“Then let the games REALLY begin.”

I hope so. The Dems desperately want this all to go away. Keep it in the news, keep it on the minds of the stupid American public, maybe, just maybe they will be able to figure out the source of their discomfort is the Democrats, not GWB, like the media keeps telling them.


26 posted on 03/19/2010 7:43:52 AM PDT by brownsfan (The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.)
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To: drellberg
Otherwise, ten then twenty or even more Dems defect, and the thing loses by a significant margin. If Pelosi can’t name the 216 votes today, she’s done. And it will end up falling more than a handful of votes short.

That's right. As soon as "no" gets to 216, this becomes a rout.

27 posted on 03/19/2010 7:43:56 AM PDT by kevkrom (Hey, IRS: can I simply "deem" my taxes paid instead of paying them?)
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To: crescen7
My fervent wish is that those patriots marching to DC this weekend will pitch a "tent city" everywhere and for miles around the House Building and remain there Saturday and Sunday till the vote is counted.

Would Obama order that the National Guard raze the tents and drive the protestors out at bayonet-point?

I wouldn't put it past O'Duce.

Leni

28 posted on 03/19/2010 7:44:28 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Bill O'Reilly: 9/8/09: "Communism is not a threat to us anymore"-10/20/09: "Obama is not a Marxist")
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To: crescen7

The bribes just haven’t been big enough or they haven’t figured out how to hide them. There is no limit to what the last holdouts can get. Also, the big bribes can’t go in until the last minute - “we” can’t find out about them until the vote is done and the “yes votes” can say “I didn’t know about that”.

I’d be happy to find out I’m wrong Monday morning. But I expect some serious haggling to go on Saturday night/Sunday morning and deals being made that are worth more than a small country (maybe even a medium country).


29 posted on 03/19/2010 7:44:37 AM PDT by LostPassword
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To: crescen7
Rep. John Boccieri (D-Ohio) is about to announce how he intends to vote. He voted no last time and was on Fox News yesterday morning saying that he would vote the way his constituents wanted him to vote.

I thought to myself - Yep you will cave and vote yes even if your constituents say NO!

I still bet he caves today!

30 posted on 03/19/2010 7:45:08 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: snowrip

Michael Baron is saying similar.


31 posted on 03/19/2010 7:45:59 AM PDT by dusttoyou (libs are all wee wee'd up and no place to go)
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To: crescen7
According to the latest calculations from FOX news this morning, they are just TWO votes short. Oh the drama.

It's going to pass.

32 posted on 03/19/2010 7:46:22 AM PDT by spectre ( Spectre's wife)
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To: crescen7

Get to DC this weekend. We need a sea of humanity in the streets to scare the hell out of these swing votes. Get there, get anyone you can to come. This is the ball game.


33 posted on 03/19/2010 7:46:26 AM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: crescen7

When has Morris ever been right about anything? Charles Krauthammer seems to think it will pass by 1 or 2 votes...


34 posted on 03/19/2010 7:46:49 AM PDT by NMEwithin
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To: drellberg

“To get wavering Dems to vote yes, it must appear to be a lock.”

That would be conventional wisdom, but they are desperate. Most Dems, especially the ones in tight races, would love to be told they can vote no on this POS. Voting yes, for many of them is political suicide.

That’s why I loved what Tom Coburn said yesterday.


35 posted on 03/19/2010 7:48:06 AM PDT by brownsfan (The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.)
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To: snowrip

His most recent e-mail as I get them is still rallying us to send money for advertising in the fence sitters’ districts and working the phones. He is not calling it a pat hand.

We should do as he is asking, and PRAY!


36 posted on 03/19/2010 7:49:33 AM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (A "tea bagger"? Say it to my face. ><BCC>)
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To: spectre
I fear you are correct. Our next step will be lawsuits that state MAO-bamaCare is unconstitutional - the Feds do not have authority to force Americans to buy a product.
37 posted on 03/19/2010 7:49:38 AM PDT by newfreep (Palin/DeMint 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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To: crescen7
My guess? She'll have the votes, and it'll pass. We must be prepared to fight on, and by other means.

However: I just got off the phone with the staffer of Zack Space, 18th District of Ohio. He's an idiot, but is supposedly "undecided". The fact that I got through means not enough people are calling, so how about picking up the phone and giving his office a jingle at 202) 225-6265.

I live in the 5th District of Ohio, but I told Mr. Space's staffer that I would take a week's vacation in his district in the fall help campaign for his opponent, if he voted to restrict our liberty.

Please, let's keep the pressure on.

38 posted on 03/19/2010 7:49:52 AM PDT by TonyInOhio ( Never give in. Never give in. Never. Never. Never. Never.)
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To: brownsfan

Let’s hope that some that had said that they would vote “yes” only said they would to get them off their back and that they intend to vote “no” to save their butts.


39 posted on 03/19/2010 7:51:04 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: NMEwithin

Susan Kosmos is “undecided” and she is in my district here in central Florida. I called and told her to vote no yesterday. She is in a conservative area here in central Florida and voted against the bill last time around.


40 posted on 03/19/2010 7:51:13 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (MELT THE PHONE LINES AGAINST OBAMACARE NOW!!!!)
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