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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:41 PM Original message |
Life After the Death of the Public Option (Nate Silver) |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow, even Nate's thrown in the towel |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. The public option isn't happening. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Wrong. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. 60 votes are needed. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Wrong |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's a dodgy proposition, in terms of politics and also Senate procedure. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Great. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. People are dying? WTF. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I'll let you get back to your study of Senate rules and procedure. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Do you realize that your second sentence contradicts the first? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. **********BOOOOO!!!****** (unrec, Obama said any bill he signs MUST have pubOption |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Linky? |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Link includes video... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Thanks for that. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Here yah go |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Do you have a link to Obama saying that? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yes.. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. I don't see where Obama demands a public option or says he won't |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 04:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. What didn't you get about the part that says "Any plan I sign must include....." |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Thank you! nt |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. We now know what this weeks MSM's top story will be. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. I don't think so |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. If only 37 Senators had a high profile committment to public option |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Probably not a whole lot, I am afraid. Off the top of my head, I can only think of Bernie |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Your right - we will get to single payer - public option is the 'gateway' drug |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. Then make them vote it down so those supporting the 1% have to show it. |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. All righty, then. The next "option" is Single Payer (Medicare For All). |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. Can we pass a public option portion via reconciliation? |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. Nate has counted the votes, some people refuse to do that |
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Scarsdale Vibe (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. He hasn't counted the votes. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. If it's successful, we can go back and pass it in its own right |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. Obama could scrap what is there now and start over |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. I think Silver's missed a possibility here. |
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