If the current attempt at healthcare reform fails....

[unkachuck]

....I will:

[Laelth]

1. At this point, I would prefer it to fail.

If it passes, my support for the party will drop a little. If it passes without a robust public option or with a trigger, my support level drops dramatically.

:dem:

-Laelth

[BzaDem]

3. So if it passes with a robust public option available on day 1, your support will drop?

:rofl:

[Laelth]

4. Only a little.

Trust me, the individual mandate, if it passes, is going to really hurt the Democratic Party. People will deeply resent it, and we will pay the price at the polling booth.

If we pass it, we had better get out money's worth. Frankly, I don't think we will get our money's worth. That's why I would prefer to wait and shoot for "Medicare for All" in 2011.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Edweird]

2. Win, Lose or Draw we should work to expel conservative elements.

Things have shifted too far to the right.

[Laelth]

5. Hear, hear!

:dem:

-Laelth

[TheKentuckian]

6. There is no reason to expel (except by primary) but some of these people really need to be

sent to the back of the line. There are just too many conservatives running the flagship committees. They get those chairs to protect swing seats by giving them power but it is very difficult to get a piece of legislation through that reflects the majority of the party.

[annm4peace]

7. Whats a Trigger ? annnndddd....

a crowd of us are going to see Obama at the target center and we have banners calling for

**** Single Payer Health Care H.R. 676 *******

[notesdev]

8. Other

breathe a sigh of relief that this bunch of bought-and-paid-for politicians failed to sell us out to their corporate donors yet again

[Laelth]

9. Hard to argue with that. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[leftstreet]

10. +1