Comments on: First Test Vote On HellCare A Disastrous Failure

By: drdog09

drdog09 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:44:22 +0000

Aaaaah, yes, so this is the kind of Republicans that Dims prefer. Hey Fox News, move over looks like the Reps in the fox hole too!

By: KnightHawk

KnightHawk — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:04:26 +0000

12 – Yup because that’s the only freaking hope they have to pass it.
The think will come out of conference at like 2am… they will have vote at like 11am, there will be no copy to read. be lucky to be given a ’summary’ page.
Here’s health care… vote on it blind.

By: bc3b

bc3b — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:50:50 +0000

This is like a “shell game.” The Dims will try to get what they want via sleight of hand.

By: ip727

ip727 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:44:42 +0000

IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT WILL THIS PILE OF CRAP,
BE GENTLY DROPPED INTO OUR LAP,
THEY HAVE WAITED FOR THIS DAY SINCE FDR,
MAKE NO MISTAKE WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE,
IT WILL BE ALL OVER US LIKE A DOSE OF CLAP.

By: justrand

justrand — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:37:16 +0000

Congress and the “President” keep talking about “THE Bill”

of course there IS NO Bill.

Their goal is to keep “it” as largely non-existant as possible for as long as possible. THEN at the last moment something with lots of pages, lots of legalese, and lots of “edits” and “amendments” will get dropped on the floor of both Houses and voted on in emergency fashion.

ah, transparency!

By: ip727

ip727 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:28:25 +0000

From what I hear on numerous news sources is that there is lots of fighting going on between dims on how to structure this bill — no agreement at all! And, this is great for those who want it DOA. ~~~JAN

The operative words are” how to structure this bill . Note that they are still pushing the bill.They are genetically tied to this cluster foxtrot.

~~WBSTTM~~~~

By: janzam

janzam — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:24:14 +0000

From what I hear on numerous news sources is that there is lots of fighting going on between dims on how to structure this bill — no agreement at all! And, this is great for those who want it DOA.

I wouldn’t bet the farm on it, but I don’t think MFG is off base in thinking HC will go down in the flames of a divided congress.

By: ip727

ip727 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:18:26 +0000

They can’t get 47 on cloture and they’ll get 51 for reconciliation…??? ~~~MFG

Apples meet oranges.

By: MFG

MFG — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:11:08 +0000

Send JM a post or two, we’d like to hear from you

By: MFG

MFG — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:10:36 +0000

They can’t get 47 on cloture and they’ll get 51 for reconciliation…???

Wouldn’t hold my breath on that my skeletally impaled friend

By: phineas gage

phineas gage — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:01:39 +0000

‘He knows he is toasted politically so anything he does he has nothing to lose over’

Right, the only thing he has left is to establish himself a lasting legacy as a liberal icon. Thus he will cram through hellcare with 51 votes.

By: bc3b

bc3b — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:01:15 +0000

My guess with Lincoln is that Team Obama threatened to severely cut back her campaign funding if she didn’t vote for closure.

As MI Conservative said, there is a good possibility that Reid will lose his bid for reelection (based on current polls), but the Dims will still control the Senate. Whoever replaces Reid as majority leader will likely be smarter and more effective. The good thing is that the Dim majority will likely be smaller.