Dean touts public option on CBS this morning, also on Morning Joe.

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"President Obama may drop the "public option" of his healthcare plan, Chip Reid reports. Maggie Rodriguez spoke with former Presidential candidate Howard Dean about a "public option"... "

Howard Dean predicts that there will be a public option by December. He says if you don't have it then just reform insurance and try later.

I say we may not have a majority later if we keep giving in.

He was also on Morning Joe today. Here is the video.

Dean on Morning Joe on health care reform

I did not realize that Joe and Mika were sympathetic to this reform.

From the link:



The Morning Joe interview is really quite good.

You cannot give them any slack, they reel it in and pull you further to a punch in the face.

Here's an example:

'The so-called “co-ops” they are talking about are going to be funded by the government! This 1100 page bill was written by lawyers who are in support of this President’s public option healthcare plan! The bill is worded in a way that only lawyers can understand the meaning of! If you read between the lines—there still is the government control this President wants, and this will still be a government-run program! .... We must keep up the fight against all these bills! The healthcare bill must be defeated!'

They don't care about the details or this part or that part. They are whittling it down more and more until all the vital organs are removed. What is the point of health care reform if you take out the organs it needs to function?

With a 60 majority in the Senate and bigger majority in the House, this President is signaling to America that there isn't support for the bill?! I think they need to run MORE ads against the blue dogs and let everyone in their states know - if you vote a Democrat into office and they act like a Republican, you may as well vote a Republican in. At least you'll know what you are going to get - better that than someone like Lieberman who runs against your own President and party as he did with McCain.

President Obama would be getting exactly the same reaction from the right wing media and birthers/deathers/townhalle rs/teabaggers had he proposed single payer.

He proposed a modest public option and universal coverage, and they called him communist, socialist, fascist, Nazi and Hitler, with people screaming and bringing guns to townhalls. If a watered down Public Option/no Public Option passes along with no ability to negotiate prescription drug costs, the plan WILL fail.

And when it does, the right wing media (with the help of the MSM) will play pin the tail on the donkey. Instead of correctly pointing out that the failure was a lack of progressive legislation and a cave-in to lobbyists, blue dogs and Republicans, they'll blame Obama and all Dems and pretend that what was passed was basically equivalent to Single Payer.

It'll continue to be referred to as 'ObamaCare' regardless of how moderate/center-right and toothless it is. If that happens it would kill real, substantive reform for decades. And it would damage the Democratic Party significantly.

to some people.

There is just not that much controversy about this video posting.

He's much more upbeat about stuff than I am. He's so supportive of Obama and yet he's totally ignored.

K&R

Yes, he is more upbeat than I am also.

It was a relief to hear him discuss the thoughtful, common sense strategy that is taking place behind the scenes. The interview is a must see!