They probably will; after all, the Democrats don't need any Republicans to pass a health care bill. There's more than enough Democrats in both houses of Congress to get a bill passed.
I of course don't want a health care bill passed, period, but it would be nice if the primitives put the blame where the blame lies, on Democrats in Congress, and not on the minority Republicans.
Well, it is shaping up to be interesting.......insider friends of mine in DC are telling me that it is likely that there will be no Health Care Reform Act this year because.......
Wait for it........
The DEMOCRATS!!
It appears more than likely that the "Blue Dogs" will not vote for the bill in its present form, nor will they support any substitute bill with the "public option" included, as they have been told during recess that a vote for the bill will result in them being replaced by someone with an (R) behind their name in November of 2010. Remember, over 30 of these representatives are from very "red" districts that have a long and illustrious history of electing conservative congressmen, and the present seat-holders only won because they ran as "conservative" Democrats.
The LIBERAL Democrats have stated that they will not vote for any bill that DOES NOT contain a strong "public option"......therefore, the majority party is queuing up to kill this monstrosity all by themselves, without the Republicans having to do anything other than stand around and laugh at them..........
Interesting times indeed......
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