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The question that dogs Dems: What if Obama fails?
WashingtonExaminer.com ^ | March 10, 2010 | Julie Mason

Posted on 03/10/2010 12:31:46 PM PST by Scanian

President Obama's strategy for closing on health care relies on blaming the insurance industry, reminding Americans that coverage is a problem and urging public opinion to shift momentum in Congress.

Not part of the equation: What if he loses?

"No Democrat wants to contemplate it and certainly no one in the administration, because the consequences are too frightful," said Stephen Hess, a presidential scholar at the Brookings Institution.

The White House this week is stepping up pressure on congressional Democrats in a final drive to get reform on the books. In two rallies this week, Obama is hoping to turn public opinion back his way.

Last week's largely foregone conclusion about the Democrats using a parliamentary maneuver to pass reform with simple majorities is looking increasingly difficult.

"This one he has to win," said Hess, who added he believes Obama will prevail. "He has backed himself into that position."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho44; bhofascism; congress; deomocrats; healthcare; liberalagenda; obama; obamacare
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To: OriginalChristian

and nearly all the bullets too.


41 posted on 03/10/2010 1:18:50 PM PST by DarthVader (Liberalism is the politics of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: cranked

Where have they been? He failed the moment he was sworn in. Remember Roberts had to do it again. Probably a first. After that its been all down hill. Socialism equals failure. Socialism is absolute failure that fails absolutely. You can argue about the Bamster’s particular strain of socialism, communism or syndicalism, it doesn’t really matter. All that matters is that he is committed to failure.


42 posted on 03/10/2010 1:49:04 PM PST by appeal2 (Government is not the solution, it is the problem and eventually the enemy.)
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To: Scanian
What if he loses?

"No Democrat wants to contemplate it and certainly no one in the administration, because the consequences are too frightful," said Stephen Hess, a presidential scholar at the Brookings Institution.

Too frightful? Oooooo scary! What a stupid POS Stephen Hess is. Hey you wimpy ass liberal, maybe if 0bozo loses & gets smacked down really hard, the country on the hand WINS. What a stupid POS -- 0bozo & partisan shilling hacks Hess.

I hope 0bozo fails miserably! I hope his phat ass wife maBelle michelle fails miserably including her anti-obesity stint. I hope her ass swells up to gargantuam widths. I hope that everyone & anything about 0bozo fails!!!

43 posted on 03/10/2010 2:00:25 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: Logical me
Are they (demoRATs) blind or just the same nitwits?

Yes & Yes!!!

44 posted on 03/10/2010 2:01:54 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: TChris
Cornered animals frequently become unpredictable and violent.

I don't want to see what this power-hungry Marxist will try to pull if he thinks he's gonna lose.

I do! Lets' roll! Gitter done!

45 posted on 03/10/2010 2:04:31 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: unkus
If it fails, the monster behind the mask is going to tear off the mask and get mean and vindictive as the devil he is.

This is precisely what Iv'e been saying. The monsters in and behind the White House (and they ARE monsters, as evidenced by the pedigree oftheir ideas) have absolutely NO intention of relinquishing power. Ever. Few of us have the courage to contemplate what that portends for all of us. And almost no one seems to be willing to acknowledge the destination that lies at the end of the road they're takeing us.

Monsters. All of them.

46 posted on 03/10/2010 2:20:07 PM PST by Noumenon ("Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that he has grown so great?" - Julius Caesar)
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To: Noumenon

I’ve comptemplated it and I stand ready.


47 posted on 03/10/2010 5:23:14 PM PST by cowboyusa
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To: FreedomPoster
I’m not happy I’m being proven correct.

It's no fun being a pessimist when you're right all the time.

48 posted on 03/10/2010 7:33:30 PM PST by thulldud (Is it "alter or abolish" time yet?)
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To: Scanian

John Kyl on Greta’s show just introduced a letter written for “Dingy” Harry that explains reconciliation will have a fight. All 41 pubbies signed it.


49 posted on 03/10/2010 7:41:25 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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