Can you believe these guys ramping up to use Reconciliation to pass the Senate bill? Oh my… You know – when Brown ganked Massachusetts, the evil partisan strategic side of me was like – Oh sweet destiny. Let them come. Oh – let them come. Draw them into the teeth of our forces. Harden their hearts and confuse their minds. Oh – let them use Reconciliation. Oh sweet arrogance – let them use Reconciliation.
Here’s what I’m starting to think. I’m starting to think Obama’s whole agenda has been like an arrogant personchallenging me to an underwater breath-holding contest in high school. We start out and they look really confident – like their going to be down there all day. Even after I feel my oxygen gone they still look fine. I start to feel a little pain. But all of a sudden they struggle to the top where they desperately cough and hack air into their lungs. Read more...(649 words, 1 image, estimated 2:36 mins reading time)
Craziness. I actually don’t know how to feel. I’m totally behind increased health insurance regulation, but this bill was getting out of hand. This last deal with the unions was a bit much. The Nevada thing was somewhat forgivable. The senator was looking out for his constituency. That’s totally fair. But this deal with the unions (partially exempting their insurance from the status of “Cadillac health insurance”) was ridiculous even from my point of view. It was done to keep union financial support for the democrats. That’s really, really, really partisan. I don’t see how the country could possibly benefit from that. The American people can’t stand for that kind of politics. We’ve apparently spoken in Massachusetts.