Who would have thought it could happen?
Notwithstanding passage of the reconcilliation bill in the Senate, President Obama and Congressional Democrats have actually achieved wide-ranging, market-based health care reform.
This is an historic achievement, on par with Social Security and Medicare.
President Obama promised Change...and he delivered. He had to bet the farm to do it...but he chanced it, and he won.
President Obama also woke up; he realized before it was too late that a passionate, clear message, delivered at the right time, could win the day.
Republicans also bet the farm...and lost. The Republican strategy for November, 2010, was predicated upon the hypothesis that Democrats would crash their party on the rocks of health care....again. All they had to do was delay, lie....and delay a little more, and America would see how useless the Democrats are. It didn't matter that the Senate Bill was a close copy of the 1993 Republican Health Care Reform alternative to the Clinton Plan....party trumped country for the Republicans in 1993, and party trumps country for the Republicans today.
Health Care Reform becomes Law tomorrow...and for that, we can thank the Democrats.
Open Thread
1 hour ago
I take enormous delight in the passage of the bill into law, not just for benefits it will provide but the fact that republicans lost. It's delicious.
ReplyDeleteIt's time to play ... NAAAAME THAT MORON!
ReplyDeleteThe first contestant to correctly identify the author of this quote wins an all expenses paid weekend for two in beautiful Merton Wisconsin!
"Obama and the Democrats will soon have to face the realization that their hopes for socialized medicine will not come to fruition. I have faith that the American people are too smart and will continue to say "no" to a government take-over of our health care system."
Hey, I like your new digs, Victor. :-)
jmark
I'm not going to speculate...I don't want to go to Merton.
ReplyDeleteNice to see you, jmark....how are Nurse Ratched and Cletus, anyway?
I assume the word for wingnuts over at LLC is "apoplexy"...