The GOP had thoroughly defeated Obama's pet socialized medicine bill. IF Steele were any sort of a leader, they would have advanced even MORE publicly their own incremental reforms that would lead to eventual righting of the listing ship SS USHealthInsurancePlan. IF. They don't have good leadership, however.
The Demicans said the GOP wasn't bipartisaning* enough. This is always a sign that the Democrats are on the ropes and can see that they are about to be completely defeated. The Republicans like to fall for this ploy. So, the Republicans went to the "healthcare summit" with the President today. As predicted, nothing was accomplished at the summit. The President refused to scrap his bill or include any of the things that the republicans have already proposed (that the President voted against as a Senator) which could actually make the system better.
Now, because they have failed to yield their principled positions to his majesty, Obama can come out and trumpet to the government-educated via his sock-puppet dinosaur media, that the Republicans aren't bipartisaning enough. Now he has no choice but to proceed without them. That is to say, reading between the lines of the things which will be announced quietly on Saturday, the Democrats are going to try to force 'healthcare' through by the reconciliation process.
When the Republicans used reconciliation to get budget matters taken care of, it was a wicked power grab. Now it is the morally-righteous last resort of a President faced with a group of Republicans just out to spite him. Obviously they don't want to reform health care insurance in America, or else they would have given some ground at the summit, right? riiiiight?
I'm going to have to run for office, if this sort of stupidity is kept up. SOMEbody has to have some damn sense to see through stuff like this. If the Republicans don't offer endless amendments and use continuous stall tactics to prevent 'healthcare' from passing via reconciliation, America is well and truly done. As my Pastor says, we'll just be waiting for the fizzle.
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*Bipartisaning: doing what I want you to do, and the hell with what you want or what is good for the People/the country.
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