Here are a few interesting stories about ObamaCare that you should read.
Reid: Public Option Will Pass Senate
Basically, Reid is saying a public option WILL be in the Senate bill… though he doesn’t yet have 60 votes. Nor does he have any single proposal that will definitely garner 60 votes. He caters to the liberal wing of his party to his own future detriment.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1009/Reid_to_announce_push_for_optout_option.html
Reid: States Allowed To “Opt-Out”
The current plan in the Senate offers a government-run health insurance program, euphemistically called a “public option,” but will also allow States to opt out of the program. I call right now for Governor Riley to announce that Alabama will opt out of the program if it passes Congress.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul
Optional “Public Option” Risky Strategy
This author finds Reid’s new strategy to be risky. This is a good look at the math that is driving the creation of this bill. The quality of the bill doesn’t count, the bottom line is that something be proposed that can get at least 60 votes. Good or bad doesn’t matter… good enough to pass is good enough for Democrats.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/26/john.king.monday.memo/
Liberal Wing Is Driving Health Care Debate
Basically, a “public option” of some kind will be in the final bill, because the liberal extremists demand that it be there. This article covers some more of the infighting going on and details how the only Republican to support ObamaCare in the Senate, Olympia Snowe, has been rebuffed because following her plan will lose liberal votes.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/26/durbin-progressives-force_n_334438.html
The Inevitability Myth
This article discusses the myth spread by ObamaCare advocates that ObamaCare is preordained, that passage in some form is inevitable. That’s a useful idea to promote, as the majority of the country disapproves of the bills being put forth. But keep in mind that it’s all an illusion. Nothing is inevitable, and labeling it that way won’t change reality.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/017/115exlzg.asp
I hope you enjoy reading these articles… I thought they were important enough to bring to your attention.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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I enjoy reading them and appreciate your posting such informative, you might say educational, articles.
ReplyDeleteAt best, I'll wager Reid has 56 votes maximum...and it could go down to 52 votes. I would say that if it doesn't pass...almost everyone is leaving DC shortly after the vote, and this political year is finished. Even the administration will have to clearly find something else to keep itself busy with...until January.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Don. I try to find good articles like that when I put together one of these posts.
ReplyDeleteHeh... my 4pm post is on precisely that subject, Ripley. Basically, Lieberman an other moderates have defected from the public option and Snowe has said no to the "optional public option", which leaves Reid no way to win without getting several Republican votes. Whoops.