Why didn't we pass HCR immediately after Obama was elected?

[goldcanyonaz]

After Obama was elected the country was beyond elated.

So, why did we wait?

Why didn't we have this bill ready to go forward immediately?

Why did we have town hall meetings?

Sorry if this post seems simplistic but it's been weighing on my mind a lot lately.

[stray cat]

1. In the month that Obama had free in December?

[xultar]

4. shhhh apparently Obama was late for his inaguation in January 2009

[goldcanyonaz]

14. he didn't take office till January but thanks for your response.

[xultar]

2. Teetering on the brink of a depression had him a bit distracted

[goldcanyonaz]

13. Oh, and how'd that work out?

[mike_c]

3. diverting trillions to Wall Street took precedence....

Then we had to find some more billions for the Pentagon. THEN there was time to finish screwing the democratic base.

[tridim]

7. Actually it was the Bush administration that did that.

[Skink]

5. Wusses... I think.

Wusssi in Latin.

:beer:

[virgogal]

6. Ummmm,the legislative branch?

[Vinnie From Indy]

8. The Big Insurance's checks had not cleared yet.

That's all it was.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. There's this thing called Congress.

You may have heard of them.

[Powdered Toast Man]

10. Because many of them don't want it at all.

And they had make sure enough time passed for the doubts to set in and for the insurance lobbyists to spend hundreds of billions telling people why reform will kill grandma.

Makes me wonder... how much healthcare would $269 Billion pay for? (Or was that Million... Sorry, Don't remember.)

[leftstreet]

11. They had to do Wall Street bailout$ and War e$calation first

Priorities!

:puke:

[KoKo]

12. You know the answer to that. We were in Bushies Financial Melt Down

left to US Dems to bail out. They didn't think Obama would get this far and they've done everything they could to screw this one up!

[DURHAM D]

15. The White House had to allow the opposition time to

develop the strategy to defeat reform and take control of the national dialog.

Its Rahm's greatest political feat to date.

[goldcanyonaz]

16. Ding ding ding, we have a winner.

:thumbsup:

[tmyers09]

17. You are correct sir!

[leftstreet]

18. +1