Game Changer: Dems' Health Care Success Blunts GOP Momentum

[NJmaverick]

What a difference a day makes. And, you know, the signing of a sweeping health care bill.

Last week, the atmosphere in the Capitol--and indeed, all across political Washington--was tense, and ominous. Democrats hadn't rounded up all the votes they needed (and ultimately found) to pass health care reform, and Senate Republicans knew it. They kicked up as much dust as they could to scare House members into killing their own bill. Fixing the health care bill with reconciliation would fail, they warned over and over again, and Dems would be stuck having enacting an unpopular reform.

Today, that's all gone.

It started last night when Senate parliamentarian Alan Frumin sided with the Democrats over the Republicans' first major objection to the reconciliation bill. Republicans tried to get a major tax amendment stripped from the package on the grounds that it violated the Byrd rule...and they failed.

Today, Democrats are more confident than they've been in months. And while the Republicans haven't completely surrendered, they're clearly not the hard charging health care kamikazes they were weeks ago, when Democrats were ready to wave the white flag.

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[TheCowsCameHome]

1. I hope their momentum is full speed back into the ground.

[lxlxlxl]

2. was there any momentum anyway?

mccain had 'momentum' after palin. the teapartiers had momentum when they were organized by a national news outlet. the GOP had momentum while obama was juggling wars, finance reform, and healthcare.

i dont buy it, but i guess if you were in the minority and were saying obama had a great first year you would have been considered a simpleton or an idiot.

[rfranklin]

3. Don't forget Lieberman's "Joe-mentum"

Like a lead balloon it was.

[quiet.american]

4. Great read. nt

[goclark]

9. Yes it was a great read

[TomCADem]

5. The "Momentum" Is Entirely The Result of the Corporate Media...

Look at Rick Santelli's "outburst" giving rise to the tea party movement. It is just the rent-a-crowd being manipulated by the right wing talking heads.

[HughMoran]

6. Nothing knocks back your opponents comeback like a homerun in the bottom of the 9th inning

Game changer.

Oh, and between our win and their idiocy, Democrats are now more energized than they have been since the '08 election.

[jillan]

7. I wanna hear the pundits on the msm start talking about this.

I am sick of hearing how the pigs have all the momentum. WRONG!

[Scurrilous]

8. K & R

:thumbsup: