Why not, they did it on Porkulus. That’s really worked out well for them too.
[S]uch a change could alter the dynamic of talks surrounding health care legislation, and even change the substance of a final bill. With no need to negotiate with Republicans, Democrats might be better able to move more quickly, relying on their large majorities in both houses. Democratic senators might feel more empowered, for example, to define the authority of the nonprofit insurance cooperatives that are emerging as an alternative to a public insurance plan…
Administration officials, who maintain that Republicans are badly mischaracterizing the legislation that has emerged from three House committees and the Senate health committee, said they had hoped to achieve some level of bipartisan support. But they are becoming increasingly convinced that they will instead have to navigate the complicated politics among varying Democratic factions.
The officials said the White House hoped to make the case to the American people that it was Republicans who had abandoned the effort at bipartisanship. Republicans countered by saying that they simply opposed the legislation and that the public outcry had validated their view and solidified their opposition.
One senior administration official said the sense within the White House was that Republicans, in an effort to undermine President Obama and Congressional Democrats, had made a political calculation to oppose any health care legislation.
I would suggest Democrats think long and hard about what invoking the nuclear option will cost them. Sure, they could get ObamaCare passed but it would be the last thing they’d get passed. The backlash from the public would be huge, and their anger will cost Democrats their majority and Obama his second term. Beyond that, it would cost the Democratic party any shot it might have had for another Democrat POTUS for at least 20 years.
And the best part? Even if they kick the GOP out of the room it still won’t solve their problem. The problem of getting ObamaCare passed lies within the Democratic party, not the completely powerless GOP.
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August 19, 2009 at 9:43 am
All obama will do is outsource anyways. Just think about the all the lobbyists flocking to Washington DC because of obama’s reckless over-spending of $2 TRILLION in just 6 months, which alone is increasing the National Debt by 20%.
Politicians take people’s money and reward the large corporations, in this case companies in the health care industry, since they have the money to more effectively lobby politicians. In the end smaller businesses will be hurt.
Politicians will only reward companies that will be in their best political interest. Honestly, when can you really trust politicians since they are basically professional liars, and being president just means you are the best liar of the time. Why not just give the money directly from the people to the companies and take politicians in government out of the equation?
obama is going to recklessly spend TRILLIONS of tax payers’ money just to give insurance to about 25% of those who do not have it. Over 50% of people’s income go towards taxes, just imagine how many more people will afford health care insurance if their income is almost doubled because of dramatic tax cuts.
Competition is what is needed. It lowers prices of products and services, along with developing new innovations. All of which will benefit consumers. You need to remember that monopolistic tendencies can also apply to government.
The reason why the cost of insurance is high is because politicians in government mandate insurance companies to increase their premiums to pay for ridiculous things. In addition, politicians put up regulations so that Americans are not allowed to get insurance from another state and use the coverage in their own state. This reduces competition making it more expensive for people to get insurance. On top of that medical professionals are not allowed to freely practice their profession in any US state without taking a long and tedious licensing process. This again increases the cost of medical insurance.
In the end, the problem with most economic issues is too much government intervention of the economy by politicians, who will only tend to do things for political self interest. Just like how obama nationalized GM to pander to its unions. Politicians can barely run government, yet people think they can run a multi-national auto manufacturing company?
The solution is SMALLER government, LESS spending, and LOWER taxes.
August 19, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Does this surprise anyone. Heck, this has been an option for them on every issue since the election. They just have wanted to see how many Republicans they can fool to join them to provide the Dems cover on issues.
By the way, just wanted to let you know that our very own Democrat U.S. Senator Ben Nelson finally held his FIRST public forum on Obamacare.
As I wrote in my blog:
Nelson’s dog-and-phony show . . .
Well folks, our very own Democrat U.S. Senator Ben Nelson showed how much he respects the citizens of this state this afternoon with a public forum in the middle of the work day and in a room that held 300 with another 300 sitting in entirely separate room with the forum piped in and 600 standing outside. Nelson has had three weeks to work on getting locations for public forums and the best he can do is a place that holds 300. Hey, this is your government at work and they want to run our healthcare system.
Oh and did I mention that the forum was scheduled to last for a whole ONE HOUR.
The Omaha World Herald reports that one person who didn’t get in said, “I don’t think they were anticipating this many people.” Ahh, yes they were and they were scared and that’s why they held this in as small a room as they could get away with and in the middle of a work day.
I’ve always viewed Ben Nelson as someone who rides the fence on issues but this dog-and-phony show has made me realize that 2012 can not come soon enough.
It’s time Ben Nelson retires, lives on the bountiful pension that we taxpayers have paid for him and let us find someone who really represents the majority of Nebraskans.
Mr. Nelson your disrespect for Nebraskans is outrageous and you should be ashamed.