B_VinylBoy
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ur 100% right.
i can't believe obama is selling this as a triumphant win for him.
the dems have conceded to EVERY demand of the republicans, just to pass SOMETHING.
I think the strategy they're going for is to pass something now and amend it later. Killing the bill and starting over may cause more harm than good. From a political standpoint, if the bill is not passed the opposition will use this as a catalyst in 2010 elections to say that Obama is a "do nothing" President (even though we knew their game plan was to be obstructionists from the very beginning). That could mean the loss of the majority, which would make things even more difficult to deal with in Congress for the administration.
As much as we want to think people can see through the rhetoric, time and time again it's proven that they cannot. Health Care has become such a big deal (thanks to the overhype it has received from both ends), that it's even overshadowed things like the Economy and the War. The current administration could catch Al Qaeda and help bring the unemployment rate down to 1% right now and people would not even care. Personally, I would rather see the Senate push something through and have it fail. We already know what message is going to be spread by the opposition if Health Care Reform doesn't go through, but at least at that point we could focus on all of the people who voted "no" (Democrat or Republican) and hold them accountable for its failure. At the same time, nobody could say with any level of honesty that the current administration didn't at least try to work with everyone (including their adversaries).
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