still_one
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Sat Dec-19-09 02:18 AM
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It is quite simple how the Democrats can get out of the situation they are in |
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Get the bill to committee, add in a public option or Medicare buy-in, along with controlling Insurance companies charging whatever they want, then bring the final bill back for a vote
If the bill doesn't pass, because those that voted it down, do not want healthcare for Americans, use that as a campaign issue in 2010 against them
and then move on
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Sat Dec-19-09 02:20 AM
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1. They still need 60 votes for cloture before the final vote! |
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I thought about that too, but having to get 60 votes after it comes out of committee prohibits a lot of that.
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Sat Dec-19-09 02:22 AM
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2. True, but if it doesn't get the 60 votes, let's see who voted which way, and use that information |
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Sat Dec-19-09 02:25 AM
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3. The people who will kill the bill on cloture won't (except for Lincoln) even be running in 2010. n/t |
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Edited on Sat Dec-19-09 02:26 AM by BzaDem
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still_one
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Sat Dec-19-09 02:31 AM
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4. There is no way a good bill will pass unless we get a real majority, and the only way |
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we can eventually do that, is to expose the republicans, and others who bring a GOOD bill down to defeat. Not a bad bill
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Sat Dec-19-09 02:34 AM
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Nebraska's constituents don't want healthcare reform and oppose it 2-1. Arkansas's constituents do not want healthcare reform and oppose it 2-1. The list goes on.
You keep thinking that just because you really, really want a better bill, that you can actually get a better bill. You don't differentiate between what you want and what you can ever get. We will NEVER have 60 progressive Senators just based on how Senate seats are apportioned. You just don't seem to understand the word NEVER.
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Sat Dec-19-09 02:37 AM
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7. Thanks for being realistic... |
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Sat Dec-19-09 02:40 AM
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8. Then the only real answer is to do it at the state level. Eventually, when enough people |
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are hurting in those states, then maybe they will change
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Sat Dec-19-09 03:03 AM
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11. By State is certainly the best answer. When the people of those States |
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are very happy with their HC options, those without it will demand it. I still want to see a HC bill passed this year. I realize it's not close to what everyone here wants, but I think it's important for the currently uninsured, and to smack the ins. guys for the criminal things they are doing, like pre-existing conds and kicking people out when they cost too much! The other reason I want to see it is for our President! I honestly velieve he's doing everything he can in the best way as he sees it. If something passes NOW, enough of it will take effect before 2010 & 2012 to convince people they're better off than they were before!
After that, each State should begin working on a program unique to their State, and just maybe in the future, if there are enough sane people around, they can pick the most successful programs and implement them on a Federal level.
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Sat Dec-19-09 02:33 AM
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5. how will you organize people who feel the way you do? against & for candidates selected by who? |
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Sat Dec-19-09 02:45 AM
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9. This is a good question. |
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The original poster is not realistic, I don't think.
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Sat Dec-19-09 03:47 AM
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12. It's the only question. |
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Sat Dec-19-09 02:46 AM
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10. I Had A Similar Idea... |
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Sat Dec-19-09 05:45 AM
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13. But this would be the non-corrupt approach! Can't have that. Got to get the paper victory no.... |
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matter the cost in either future prospects, votes or principles!
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