Rumors abound, Sen. Lieberman may Endorse Scott Brown
(H/T Gateway Punit and RedMass Group via beforeitsnews.com): The stated reason for Lieberman’s possible endorsement — Brown’s strong opposition to ObamaCare. Yet another log on the funeral pyre…
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Dem Scheme: Seat Brown Late if he Wins, Until After Health Care Gets to Senate
(At 11;59 PM on 1/8 Moe Lane posted on this story, here. I’m just adding another log to the fire.) In a clear demonstration of the Speaker’s comment that we will do “almost anything” to pass health care, the Democrats have said they will delay seating Scott Brown, the GOP candidate for Senate in Massachusetts if he wins the race for former Senator Kennedy’s Senate | Read More »
The Best Christmas Present Ever: Senator DeMint Objects to the Appointment of the Conferees
When Senator DeMint engineered, and Republican Leader McConnell actually objected to the appointment of the conferees, he was really handing the ball off to the left wingers — progressives if you will — and now they have their shot to either hold their own clan members who are against the Senate compromises and force them to vote No, or have their policy demands be ignored | Read More »
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Lowry: Five Reasons ObamaCare may not Pass, plus four more
Richard Lowry writes of the five reasons ObamaCare may not pass (below) and I have added four more, after Lowry’s five:
The Extraordinary Measures Needed to Kill the Bill — Updated with Vote Numbers
The corruption of using the public treasury as a check book to buy the votes of Senator Nelson and Senator Sanders — in the face not only overwhelming public opposition, but also in the face of a public that now wants Congress to do nothing on health care — means that extraordinary measures are needed to kill ObamaCare. This plan, if executed properly, will kill | Read More »
Update — Sen. Sanders is a NO, the SEIU & the AFL-CIO may be a NO on ObamaCare
The Hill is reporting that Senator Sanders is a NO on ObamaCare: Asked by Fox Business Network’s Neil Cavuto asked Sanders if he could support the compromise bill. The senator replied “I’m struggling with this. As of this point I am not voting for the bill. And here’s why.” Sanders, who favors a single-payer healthcare system, said that he has informed the White House and | Read More »
FireDogLake Napalms ObamaCare
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 »
ObamaCare Starts to Show Cracks, Update: Lieberman Tell Reid to his Face: Nyet
Update: The New York Times is reporting: “In a surprise setback for Democratic leaders, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, said on Sunday that he would vote against the health care legislation in its current form.” And on the issue of abortion, the New York Times was equally shocked by Senator Nelson: “On a separate issue, Mr. Reid tried over the weekend to concoct | Read More »
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Sen. Ben Nelson: I will not vote to end the filibuster
Everyone in the country closely following the ObamaCare saga have been waiting for Senator Nelson (D-NE) to give us a sense of where he is on the bill since his abortion restriction amendment failed last week. Yesterday, Senator Nelson — a long time pro-lifer — said: “I can’t support cloture [ending the filibuster] on the next round,” and that adds a second large monkey wrench | Read More »
Dems Fight Each other to a Stand Still in the Senate over Drugs
Senator Carper (D-DE) has put a hold on Senator Dorgan’s (D-ND) drug re-importation amendment, who in turn, has objected to the Senate moving on any other health care amendments, until his pending drug re-importation amendment is voted on. Got that? It’s a Dem on Dem cage match. The Republicans, meanwhile, offered to stay in over the weekend and are now wishing they had not. NOTE | Read More »
Senator Reid’s Vapor Deal, three days later Update, MoveOn.org Pounds Vapor Deal
Well, now this is something. The New York Times is actually reporting the Dems still do not have 60 votes, even after Senator Reid’s much trumpeted vapor deal by the MSM (mainstream media): “Democrats do not dispute that they still have not nailed down the 60 votes that will be needed to approve the health care measure.”
The Accelerating Political Failure of ObamaCare
ObamaCare is a political failure. The polling data has confirmed it — repeatedly, but recently, the already bad polls have taken a radical drop. You see the average of many, many polls put together by Pollster.com and it is frightening that the Democrats are still desperately attempting to pass something Americans do not want. ObamaCare’s political failure will lead to its legislative failure. The only | Read More »
“There is a worry that Sen. Nelson means business,” — Dem Aide says
And all the kings horses, and all the kings men, couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again…OK, we aren’t there, yet. But the left is starting to flex its muscles and are beginning to be annoyed, and really concerned about all the compromises that have been made thus far. The pro-abortion forces know that there is a good chance the bill will not go to conference, | Read More »
It doesn’t feel like it, but We Are Winning the Fight Against ObamaCare — Updated
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 »
Senator Reid’s Vapor Bill — still unseen
For those attempting to figure out what is in the Senate ObamaCare bill, you are in the company of 99 U.S. Senators who have not seen the bill. At least that is what today’s New York Times is reporting: “frustration has been growing among some lawmakers over the delay, especially as they are asked repeated questions about a bill they have not yet seen. “I | Read More »
Senator Nelson (D-NE): “it’ll never get here.”
Scalpel! Senator Reid’s very qualified and really one of the best press guys in the city, announced yesterday that Senator Reid has filed the paperwork so the he will be able to proceed to the cloture motion on the motion to proceed next week. This means that if Senator Reid gets 60 votes, he can bring the House bill up before the Senate. If he | Read More »
FireDogLake Attacks Sen. Nelson’s Demand to include Stupak Amendment
Like wolves on a fresh killed deer, the liberals keep tearing up Democrats over Representative Stupak’s amendment, which forces pro-abortion Dems to vote for pro-life protections for the innocents. This has sites like FireDogLake completely bent: “Is there anyone who did not see this coming, besides the over hundred Democrats in the House who call themselves pro-choice? Ben Nelson (D-NE) is now demanding the Senate | Read More »
CBO’s 10 Year Spending Score for the Dem House Bill: $1.8 Trillion
From the NY Post’s “Prescriptions for Disaster” — when CBO scores the first ten years of spending, then we see the true cost of the House and Senate ObamaCare bills: “Each bill is routinely “scored” for its 10-year costs from 2010-19. Yet this includes several years when the spending wouldn’t yet have kicked in. According to the Congressional Budget Office, fully 99.9 percent of the | Read More »
Another Vapor Bill Rises: Senator Reid Admits “there is no bill…it does not exist”
On Friday, every Republican Senator sent U.S. Senate Majority Leader Reid a letter which said, where is the bill text? Here is an excerpt from the letter: “The American people and every member of Congress should be allowed to read the bill that was sent to CBO. The bill should be made available for taxpayers to read and learn how the federal government is spending | Read More »
The Broken Political Equation
I confess, it makes zero sense to me. I’ve done the math and the political calculus keeps coming back a broken equation. In general, if the strategic political forces are aligned properly, then the tactical level concerns resolve themselves. This mathematical rule in politics (it is very close to applied chaos theory) regularly produces victory for those applying the rule. There are oh so very | Read More »
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