Multiple people are telling RedState that the Democrats are blocking the public from attending their health care conference on Capitol Hill. The press conference is being held in a public area on the Capitol Grounds that should be accessible to public observers. Not today. The Democrats, having tried to avoid the public for the duration of the health care process, are now determined to block | Read More »
Noted Democrat strategist Ed Kilgore thinks the GOP is engaged in a murder-suicide. It’s possible, and perhaps even probable, that the GOP strategy for 2010 is to create a political environment so toxic and voter-alienating that Republicans can win a very low turnout election by whipping their base into a genuine frenzy. That’s obviously not a very good scenario for the country, and it remains | Read More »
Consider this an open thread. (BTW the video has one Democratic Congressman cussing at his constituents, so slightly NSFW.) <
While we are all focusing on H.R. 3200, the House Democrats’ health care plan, we should at least glance at H.R. 3221, the House Democrats’ plan to kill off higher education access. (PDF) The legislation is opposed by many major universities including Notre Dame, among others. Basically, the bill would shut down all private providers of student loans, drive up costs for universities, and become | Read More »
The Democrats say if you want to keep your insurance, you can. But then why do they require so much of you in order to let you keep your plan? The Democrats’ healthcare legislation uses the word “require” 84 times focusing on what should be your rights. Why? Don’t believe me? I’ve got the video:
The House Republicans have been passing around the information below. We got a copy of it and wanted to post it for you. In a nutshell, the Democrats lack enough moderates to pass H.R. 3200 with the government option and if they ditch the government option, the Democrats would lack enough liberals to pass it. Sucks to be them. Here is what the GOP is | Read More »
It was only a matter of time before it started. The Democrats are beginning to turn on each other as their poll numbers sink and Republicans’ numbers start to rise. John Adler (D, NJ) says the healthcare legislation is bad for America. And he doesn’t care whether there’s a public option in it or not. The Weekly Standard notes “The bill that’s coming through the | Read More »
Reading this post by Mickey Kaus made me realize something. The idea of postponing health care reform–until, say, the economy improves– doesn’t seem appealing to many Democrats now. But it might soon. The problem, as Michael Goodwin’s recent column points out, is that the issues waiting in the wings–should health care leave the stage–are even worse, from the Democrats’ political perspective. Cap and trade, immigration legalization, | Read More »
Barack Obama and Harry Reid are having trouble getting cap and trade passed through the Senate. And it is not the Republicans who are the problem. Even with a filibuster proof Democrat majority, Democrats cannot get cap and trade passed. Why? Democrats are beginning to admit Barack Obama’s environmental agenda will destroy the economy. “The problem of doing both of them together is that it | Read More »
There is another problem with the Democrats’ healthcare legislation that hasn’t been talked about much. It makes a heck of a tradeoff. In exchange for universal healthcare under a government run plan, Donald Luskin points out an independent analysi that says we’ll see wage stagnation. That’s right — in exchange for healthcare, don’t expect to ever get a pay raise. If we expanded health insurance | Read More »
The Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee have unearthed some interesting and deeply disturbing data about the various healthcare plans floating around Capitol Hill. Here’s what you need to know: the Congressional Budget Office provides an estimated cost over 10 years. BUT, the healthcare bills are not fully implemented until the fourth year. As a result, the CBO estimate, which is already ridiculously high, actually | Read More »
The AARP has finally come out and endorsed H.R. 3200, the Democrats’ healthcare overhaul, more commonly called “Obamacare.” Despite its non-partisan, non-profit status, AARP has decided to go all in championing Obamacare. It started a couple of weeks ago when the AARP held a townhall forum with Barack Obama to promote Obamacare. The carefully screened audience asked not very probing and probably pre-screened questions to | Read More »
Democracy Corps is James Carville and Stan Greenberg’s pet polling organization that always, without fail, issues polling picked up by the media highlighting how Republicans are screwed and Democrats are ever victorious. Brian Faughnan notes a series of typical headlines from Democracy Corps announcing their polls: Don’t Believe the Hype: Support for Health Care Reform is Still Fundamentally Strong New Survey Shows Cheney, Sotomayor Debates | Read More »
I have confirmed from multiple Republican congressional offices that, despite Democrat attempts to portray American citizens as “Nazi-like” and “a mob” for questioning members of Congress on healthcare, the DNC is coordinating activity to target swing district Republican congressmen in their offices. Multiple Republican offices have received calls from the Democratic National Committee in their district offices asking for the office hours of the office, | Read More »
The DNC’s statement is below: Die Republikaner und ihre verbündeten Gruppen – verzweifelt nach zwei aufeinander folgenden Wahlen zu verlieren und alle wichtigen politischen Kampf auf dem Capitol Hill – Anstiftung sind wütend Monster von einer kleinen Zahl von wütenden rechten Extremisten von K Street Lobbyisten zu stören nachdenklich Diskussionen über die Zukunft der Gesundheitsversorgung in Amerika, die sich in Congressional Bezirke im ganzen Land. | Read More »
That headline was originally used by Republicans on the Hill, but it is accurate in every way. The Democrats are working toward some “unintended consequences” that are very, very obvious and the effects are going to be disastrous for our economy. As the House Republican Conference notes, Press reports indicate that Finance Committee negotiators may require employers that do not offer coverage to pay for | Read More »
Head’s up: there is a rumor circulating in the House of Representatives that enough Blue Dogs have caved on health care for Nancy Pelosi to get the bill to the floor this week. The memo to Republicans assuring them there’d be no vote could have been a ruse to turn down constituent heat enough. Democrats are growing fearful that August recess will turn the Blue | Read More »
H.R. 3200 is the Democrat healthcare bill. Let’s back up for a minute. I noted some time ago Jay Rockefeller went on record to say that at some point the government has to decide whether or not you are allowed to receive any more medical benefits if the cost outweighs the potential benefits. As Mickey Kaus has noted, both Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias are | Read More »
For the past month, New York residents have been treated to a comedy of the absurd it their General Assembly. First the Democrats controlled the Senate. Then a man who beat up a woman jumped ship to the GOP along with another guy. The GOP took over. The Democrats walked out leaving the State Senate without a quorum. Then the Democrats boarded themselves up in | Read More »
The House Democrats have shut their Republican counterparts out of the legislative process. Normally, the minority gets the right to offer amendments over spending bills, but the House Democrats have decided not to allow the GOP that right. The Democrats claim the GOP is slowing things down — you know, so members have time to actually read the legislation they are voting on, etc. Nonetheless, | Read More »
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