Reid Caves to Lieberman, And?
By: Dan Perrin (Diary) | December 15th at 07:15 AM |
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 doesn’t feel like it, but We Are Winning the Fight Against ObamaCare — Updated
By: Dan Perrin (Diary) | November 23rd at 02:28 PM |
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 »
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Sen. Lieberman Gives Dems the Middle Finger on the Public Option
By: Dan Perrin (Diary) | November 19th at 09:02 AM |
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 »