Obama to ask progressives to "be good soldiers", according to

[Hieronymus]

Clarence Page.

[prostomulgus]

1. What does that mean? nt

[SharonAnn]

8. Don't know, but I think he should tell BLue Dogs to be good soldiers.

[Joe Bacon]

23. Here's the Video link from Keith

Keith's story #5:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#32698331

[ncteechur]

2. Clarence Thomas or Clarence Page?

[Connie_Corleone]

3. That doesn't even sound like Obama.

Clarence Page was quoting what David Gregory said today about what Obama was going to say.

And so on and so on.

[emulatorloo]

4. It is Friday afternoon on a holiday weekend. Doesn't Clarence Page have something better to do than

speculate on TV?

[Raine]

5. If we are to be "good soldiers" than Obama needs

to be a good General.

[Hieronymus]

6. Yes, indeed.

[kenny blankenship]

7. Get out from under bus and go stand in front of the tank

[babylonsister]

9. And their response, again...

Reporting 12:00 PDT. MSNBC reports that four caucuses -The Progressive Caucus, The Hispanic Caucus, The Asian Caucus, The Black Caucus had a conference call with the Prsident to communicate that they are in solidarity that health care reform MUST include a public option - they are invited to meet with the President before his Congressional Address.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8627286

[jenmito]

10. He repeated it from David Gregory's reporting. I don't believe it for a second.

[Jennicut]

11. Lurch (David Gregory) talked about that this morning on the Today show

Lurch said that Obama wants Congress to pass and concentrate on important parts of the bill that don't include the public option (such as not letting insurance companies discriminate against those that have pre-existing conditions) but he was not going to drop the public option. He mentioned Obama wanting them to be good soldiers in the reference to passing on the other things in the bill besides the p.o. But who knows? the media speculation is driving me crazy.

[mvd]

32. There are a couple things that can pass very easily

Like the pre-existing conditions thing. That would immediately help, and he wouldn't abandon the PO. But don't pass mandates until the public option gets through - the insurance companies would be mad, and that's a good thing.

[ej510]

12. They should say hell no!

Progressives give inch and corporate democrats take 100 miles.

[freddie mertz]

13. Like good Germans?

If there is a trace of truth to this, it is truly disgusting.

[ej510]

15. I believe it, because the backpeddling he has done for months now.

[freddie mertz]

16. Agreed. It would be consistent with the spineless waffling

We have been served by this White House in recent weeks/months.

I hope that progressives will defy this sell-out, even if it means no legislation.

Time to stop this endless betrayal of the American people to the predator class.

[MissDeeds]

19. I thought the same thing

Even the phrasing makes me cringe. I hope it's a misquote. :scared:

[ej510]

20. Obama has sold us out. He is doing everything he can to drop the public option. Even a weak one.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

21. Isn't that what we want though? The Blue Dogs to get in line with most of our senators and the

house and Join The Team, so to speak, to give us a Public Option?


Not saying that's what this statement is about, but it's not like the saying is insidious or anything.

[freddie mertz]

25. No, we want the Blue Dogs to do what is right for the American people

Rather than serve the profit interests of the insurance corporations.

There is a big difference,

[SemiCharmedQuark]

27. I've seen quite a few posts saying

Obama should force the blue dogs to vote yes ala Johnson. I agree with that position.

[babylonsister]

14. You are full of it. Go to video. I just saw it. Nice try. nt

[polichick]

17. msnbc reported earlier that progressives were supposed to "take one for the team." nt

[joeycola]

28. so, are Progressives officially off the table? sounds like it.

[polichick]

30. Maybe we're "toast." I sure hope not though - imo a bad move for...

...the president, the party and the people.

[billyoc]

18. Did he offer them VA medical benefits? I'm confused.

:evilgrin:

[Cali_Democrat]

22. There's a lot of un-sourced and unreliable information about health care reform

And it all seems to coincide with Drudge and other MSM mediaWhores declaring the public option dead earlier this week.

Lets wait and see what Obama says on Wednesday.

[ej510]

24. If beats around the bush it will prove my point. He doesn't want the public option.

Hopefully he makes a liar out of me, but I doubt it.

[joeycola]

29. The President could fix that immediately!! He Has the bully pulpit.

[Cali_Democrat]

31. The President is not a miracle worker and cannot change the MSM because he has the "bully pulpit"

That is pure fantasy.

The corporate-owned MSM mediaWhores would love nothing more than to kill health care reform. Just look at how they fail to debunk the lies about death panels and killing grandmothers.

They have an agenda and it's going to be tough for Obama to get his proposals through the MSM filter.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

33. And the fuckwits here keep lapping it up and barfing it out.

[uponit7771]

26. Link? TIA