Are you insane? Pelosi would hold the vote tomorrow if she had enough people on board. The House passed their version BEFORE the Senate. Since Pelosi twisted enough arms to get the votes, the entire healthc care debate has turned 180 degrees. Tea parties, Town Hall meetings, tied up Congressional phone lines. The reason a lot of Dems voted for Pelosi was they feared her wrath. That fear has now been replaced by the terror they feel about what the voters will do if they change their no vote to yes/.
Murtha dead, Wexler gone, Cao now a no, and the Dem from Hawaii retired yesterday to run for Gov. That means she is one short, even before the Stupak 40 who will never vote for the Senate version even if Pelosi/Reid promise to reconcile it.
The HOuse will kill the bill, mark my words.
Hope you’re right, but wouldn’t be so sure. If Pelosi can get a majority, they’ll ram it through reconciliation. They’d rather lose the election because after passage we all (Repubs included) will be playing THEIR field just as we have been for decades on their other Ponzi schemes—Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. The Republican & conservative winners in Oct. must do all the heavy lifting—cutting spending (including Soc. Sec., Medicare, etc.) and raising or revising taxes—none of which will be popular. The only saving grace is that the electorate is beginning to see national bankruptcy on the horizon and may realize the country has to get serious about cutting spending and retiring debt.
Insane?
Well, we will know this week.
Please send a bottle of Cutty Sark to my house if you are wrong and the House passes it.
In fact, send a case of Cutty Sark. I will want to drink myself to death.