[goldstategop]

Exactly. Obama can't protect Congressional Democrats. What's in it for them if they do take the political risk of delivering on the President's signature domestic initiative? But they have to go for broke. Under a GOP Congress, Obama's agenda will be dead in the water for the next three years.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[equalitybeforethelaw]

But they have to go for broke.

My read is bammy has a limited core of kamikazi dems, but this number does not make up the complete number needed to achieve ramming speed for bammycare. His only hope here is to ask for less to achieve concensus. I don’t think his base is really too interested in bipartisan concensus; so a plan that picks up 10 pubbies will probably loose 20 dems. Further, it is not clear to me that the pubbies need do anything here but be polite and refuse to bargain. This is a dem paradox and no pubbie need to share in the angst. Bammy is flailing and failing for all to see. I really don’t see what could save him here outside of an act of war. Just sayin.