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This health care reform is disastrous for us all.
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If the dems really do try this, I wonder if we won't see some conserv. dems switch parties. "I didn't change, my party left me."
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Might was as rename the Dems, the National Socialist Party.
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Honestly, I think what we are seeing is a trial balloon. It's basically sending out a draft of the State of the Union for public vetting. I expect this balloon to meet a very sharp pin, and make a very loud pop. And they will not go forward with this attempt. But to some degree it mollifies the crazy Marxists on the left. So the balloon itself is a kind of win for them (in their minds). Even though in reality, it causes them to sink even lower among independents.
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If you think they will lose them for passing health care reform, why wouldn't they have lost them already? The House and Senate already voted for and passed a health care bill (albeit two different versions). Are you suggesting some voters out there might still be willing to support Dems who voted for health care but wouldn't be if health care actually became law? That isn't very rational. They have already spent the political capital on it. May as well walk away with their purchase. Not only is it the right move politically, it is the right move legislatively.
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Certainly no more of a "trick" than the filibuster, which you are fine with. If you want all "tricks" removed, put it to an up or down vote. My guess is, you prefer the tricks to majority rule.
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