Mon, 01/11/2010 - 2:47pm — DCblogger
Health Care Overhaul Bill Is 'Hanging by a Thread': Dodd
Health care reform is "hanging on by a thread," and one or two votes could determine the outcome of the heavily-debated bill, Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd told CNBC Monday.
The bill passed very narrowly in the House last. All we need is a few progressives to join Kucinich and Massa to oppose this bail out and we can defeat it. Whoever opposes this will have to withstand the wrath of the White House and take the blame for defeating the top priority legislative goal. No easy task, but we only need a few such Representatives.
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Dodd
Hopefully he is using his newly found freedom to push for that.
wrensis
Disturb the comfortable and comfort the distrubed
The more cynical view
Is that Dodd is using this to help stir up a frenzy so that Dems can raise more money.
Only tyrants rig elections.
sadly
I think that is closer to the truth.
Considering his promise
to filibuster the telecom/Bushie immunity in the FISA bill, and the fact that he broke his promise when Obama did, I don't have any faith that he'll vote against the Health Whatever bill.
I agree with both of your interpretations.
Never vote for people who hate you.
ERA Now!
The Widdershins
Time is not on their side.
The longer that debate on the bill drags on, the closer it gets to the primaries in March and the elections in November. It's already clear that nobody wants to run on the health care bill, hence the late start for many of its critical components.
If this drags out past January, it may simply wither as no one wants to be seen voting for or against it.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Except there's the SOTU
The administration is smart to make some bill, any bill by the SOTU make or break. It would be equally nice if an actual progressive said, "Well, it's break, then."
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi
I sure hope that some Dems
are cowardly enough to read Obama's approval numbers, and then ditch him and his Health Whatever plan because they know it will be electoral death for them.
I certainly have no hope that there will be any Senator principled enough to vote against it because it sucks. Oh, if only.
Never vote for people who hate you.
ERA Now!
The Widdershins