Pelosi's telling delay

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Last Updated: 12:19 PM, December 5, 2009

Posted: November 07, 2009

House Democrats may finally be taking note of voters' fears of ObamaCare.
	 
The Dems were planning to pass their bill today, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi & Co. yesterday realized it might fail, and mulled delaying the vote.
	 
Here's a better idea: Give it up.
	 
There's no reason, after all, for them to follow the White House like lemmings down a path as dangerous to their party's electoral future as it is to the country.
	 
Indeed, that their trillion-dollar bill even remains a priority -- while unemployment has hit 10.2 percent, highest in 26 years, as was reported yesterday -- is a fair measure of their tone-deafness.
	 
It's no surprise, of course, that Pelosi wants to ram this bill through fast. Tuesday's election sounded alarms about voters' wariness of massive new public-spending programs, like ObamaCare.
	 
Voters ousted incumbents in New York, New Jersey and Virginia, the latter two electing Republican governors. Independents voted with the GOP by a 2-1 margin -- exactly opposite their electoral behavior in 2006 and '08.
	 
Best get it over with, before opposition solidifies, Pelosi surely figures.
	 
But the deadline's repeated slippages point up the resistance within the Democrat's own caucus. "Blue Dog" Dems are contemplating their own re-election prospects a year from now -- and are keenly aware of the voters' wrath.
	 
So maybe they'll do themselves a favor and convince their leaders to slow down -- or, better yet, drop the bill altogether.
	 
If so, they'd be doing the nation a favor, as well.

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House Democrats may finally be taking note of voters' fears of ObamaCare.

The Dems were planning to pass their bill today, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi & Co. yesterday realized it might fail, and mulled delaying the vote.

Here's a better idea: Give it up.

There's no reason, after all, for them to follow the White House like lemmings down a path as dangerous to their party's electoral future as it is to the country.

Indeed, that their trillion-dollar bill even remains a priority -- while unemployment has hit 10.2 percent, highest in 26 years, as was reported yesterday -- is a fair measure of their tone-deafness.

Nancy Pelosi

It's no surprise, of course, that Pelosi wants to ram this bill through fast. Tuesday's election sounded alarms about voters' wariness of massive new public-spending programs, like ObamaCare.

Voters ousted incumbents in New York, New Jersey and Virginia, the latter two electing Republican governors. Independents voted with the GOP by a 2-1 margin -- exactly opposite their electoral behavior in 2006 and '08.

Best get it over with, before opposition solidifies, Pelosi surely figures.

But the deadline's repeated slippages point up the resistance within the Democrat's own caucus. "Blue Dog" Dems are contemplating their own re-election prospects a year from now -- and are keenly aware of the voters' wrath.

So maybe they'll do themselves a favor and convince their leaders to slow down -- or, better yet, drop the bill altogether.

If so, they'd be doing the nation a favor, as well.

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steveack

11/09/2009 10:57 AM

once again, if the new "obamapelosi? health care is so good, then the dems who vote for it should volunteer to enroll in it! our government has gone rouge, as this is no longer a representative government of the people!
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windmere

11/08/2009 12:44 AM

Heres an explaination clear enough for even current Marxist congress (or psdeudopress) to comprehend. The Difference between capitalists and socialists is this: capitalists are betting on making money themselves; socialists are betting on making money from YOUR pocketbook.
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Uncommon Sense

11/07/2009 9:19 PM

If Weiner does not work for all of us, and fairly consider our opinions, then who is he working for? The spectacle of the left-wing healthcare racketeers rushing ahead on a weekend in the aftermath of the tragic terrorist attack at Ft. Hood is indecent, and explained by the panic of thieves after the alarm was sounded by Tuesday's elections.
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quepiensa

11/07/2009 7:36 PM

Will the health plan be as successful as the Stimulus was????? Let's hope not.

See a VERY FUNNY and insightful 60 second interview about the Stimulus boondoggle on NBC's Phoenix affiliate. Look for Stimulus Cigars on the net.
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Conor

11/07/2009 6:06 PM

I was one of those people that went to Wash DC by bus on Thursday. A couple of people on our bus met up with Anthony Wiener and engaged him in a discussion on healthcare. It didn't go well as Wiener argued that government healthcare was beneficial for the people and that he was going to vote for it no matter what. One of the men said, "you work for us, you need to listen to what we are saying". Wiener said, "I don't work for you". Oh yeah, then what is he doing in Congress if he doesn't work for the people. At the end of the discussion he said to my fellow patriots, "would you like some Koolaid?" What kind of intelligence is that? Who the heck would vote for someone with that attitude?
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Gorf

11/07/2009 4:19 PM

I'm watching this circus off and on today. Turn the channel and who do I see but Rangle. Now why would anyone want to put him in front of anything other than a mug shot. This theving crook, tax dodging, worthless, should be led out in handcuffs member of Pelosi's clean swamp. You can put Murtha, Waters, Pelosi, Lee, the fat chick from Texas, Dodd, Conrad and others in that same category. This is so out of hand it almost seems like they are urinating on the Public and could care less. Where is the 72 hour internet posting, why won't the members of Congress agree to accept the same plan and they are pushing on us? Where is the tort reform, abortion assurances and illegal language. I'm a Democrat and I can only imagine how the other side feels and why.
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Chuck Norris

11/07/2009 1:30 PM

Die already you evil old bat!
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CEDATTY

11/07/2009 12:27 PM

Pelosi's kisser is an example of health care gone awry.