Reconciliation and Fifty one votes
In my opinion, it was all a game from the very beginning and now it is coming to its preconceived ending; no meaningful HealthCare Reform.
In both the Senate and House last Thursday it was difficult not to notice a full breakdown in decorum as the HealthCare Reform Bill was debated. To me the arguments were analogous to two groups of third graders shouting at each other from opposite sides of the school playground. In both chambers, civility was threadbare and the atmosphere was dilapidated. It became clear there was a “one-upper” game going on, spiraling into “Up your ass!”
So it is Democrats could have passed a HealthCare Reform Bill months ago were it not for Sen. Reid wailing in a puddle of tears telling us he did not have the votes etc., etc., “You don’t need sixty votes!” were shouts in the background. Those shouts were from, amongst others, Republicans. “Why drag us into this mess?” they continued. “Just go ‘head and do your thing.”
The Bush administration passed every bill they wanted due to the fact the bills were set up to pass with fifty one votes. It appears the Obama administration prefer not to set up bills that way for reasons that are becoming clearer by the day; they are not supposed to pass. As long as important bills do not pass in this Democratic administration, the Republicans will allow them to stay in “power” for eight years by producing failed candidates for them to run against in 2010 and especially in 2012 i.e., Sarah Palin or the likes. The oligarchy could not be more pleased with this arrangement: “For thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory….”
In my opinion, this is a game Republicans were suckered into by Pres. Obama and Company and they are playing the game very, very well.
As always,
BB
In both the Senate and House last Thursday it was difficult not to notice a full breakdown in decorum as the HealthCare Reform Bill was debated. To me the arguments were analogous to two groups of third graders shouting at each other from opposite sides of the school playground. In both chambers, civility was threadbare and the atmosphere was dilapidated. It became clear there was a “one-upper” game going on, spiraling into “Up your ass!”
So it is Democrats could have passed a HealthCare Reform Bill months ago were it not for Sen. Reid wailing in a puddle of tears telling us he did not have the votes etc., etc., “You don’t need sixty votes!” were shouts in the background. Those shouts were from, amongst others, Republicans. “Why drag us into this mess?” they continued. “Just go ‘head and do your thing.”
The Bush administration passed every bill they wanted due to the fact the bills were set up to pass with fifty one votes. It appears the Obama administration prefer not to set up bills that way for reasons that are becoming clearer by the day; they are not supposed to pass. As long as important bills do not pass in this Democratic administration, the Republicans will allow them to stay in “power” for eight years by producing failed candidates for them to run against in 2010 and especially in 2012 i.e., Sarah Palin or the likes. The oligarchy could not be more pleased with this arrangement: “For thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory….”
In my opinion, this is a game Republicans were suckered into by Pres. Obama and Company and they are playing the game very, very well.
As always,
BB
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