It is clear after watching this video, there is more driving the left’s opposition to ObamaCare than just that the public option is out. For example, Hamsher said in this interview that Senator Lieberman was acting on behalf of the the White House for drug companies and insurers, after she attacked the bill for raising the costs of heath care. (FireDogLake agrees with Howard Dean: | Read More »
Let’s play a what if game, shall we? According to a numerous reports, Senator Reid has caved to Senator Lieberman’s demands — NO public option, NO trigger, NO Medicare buy-in. Senator Reid now needs 60 votes to pull the public option out of the bill. Will all the liberals, the Burris-Sanders-Franken-Brown-Feingold block of Senators, and perhaps others, vote to pull the public option out of | Read More »
It is so important, it bears repeating: “I’ll vote against any bill without a public option,” said Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. The quote is from ABC News, and right before the Burris-bomb, is this little ticking surprise for Reid: “There are at least two Democrats who say they’ll vote against any bill that does not include a public option, and there may be many more.” | Read More »
It does not feel like it, but we are winning the war against ObamaCare. You may feel like the political system is broken and the Democrats are not listening to the voters. You feel that way because it is true, the Democrats are not listening. But that does not mean the bill will not die — because it turns out that the two Independent Senators | Read More »
Sen. Lieberman is setting steel rebar and hardened concrete around his threat to filibuster the public option. From Politico: “It’s classic politics of our time that if you look at the campaign last year, presidential, you can’t find a mention of public option,” Lieberman said. “It was added after the election as a part of what we normally consider health insurance reform — insurance market | Read More »
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