Obama finally has achieved a certain measure of bipartisanship. The only thing is—it’s in opposition to his health care reform bill.
If a party with the huge majorities the Democrats enjoy right now in Congress is having trouble passing a bill, maybe that should be a clue that there’s something seriously and perhaps critically wrong with it. It seems that this particularly bitter pill that Obama and Pelosi are asking Congress to swallow comes in both red and blue.
[NOTE: James C. Capretta and Yuval Levin at the Weekly Standard point out some of the major drawbacks of Obamacare. In sum: “paying more for a worse health care system.”]
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Previously a lifelong Democrat, born in New York and living in New England, surrounded by liberals on all sides, I've found myself slowly but surely 
July 27th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Bipartisan enjoyment doesn’t have to be in your Party’s favor … this is true.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
A friend of mine used to say that “A good education is the one thing Americans are willing to pay for and not get”.
I was beginning to fear that quality health-care was next on the list…
July 27th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Once again - it is why Obama, Pelosi, et al were so adamant the bill had to be passed NOW - even though there was no real urgency - merely the one they created. The more chance people have had to read the bill and bring things to light the more it stinks worse than week old fish.
July 27th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Actually, it’s a purple pill, and is the size of a horse…
July 27th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
I R A Darth Aggie, if it’s that big it isn’t a pill. It’s a suppository.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
This meltdown among the Blue Dogs is the most fun I’ve had yet. I never thought things would be this bad for the Bonga so soon.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Obama brought this on himself with his immediate hardcore, hard-left lunge to force America to his vision.
If Obama had been somewhat less greedy and more genuinely bipartisan, he could have set up himself and the Democratic Party pretty to run things for two terms easy.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
…if it’s that big it isn’t a pill. It’s a suppository.
Excellent! I’ll have to use that one if I get the chance.
I realize how important it is to his followers that the president be hip and cool, but wasn’t the “Matrix” reference last week just way too far out there? What possible purpose could it have served, even if it hadn’t been buried under the focus caused by his comments on the Cambridge PD officers?
July 28th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
OlderandWheezier (love your handle!), thank you. Please use it in good health.