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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:15 PM
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Reid warns GOP that reconciliation is a "real option."
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is still talking compromise on a comprehensive health care bill to extend coverage to nearly 50 million Americans who lack it and contain rising costs. Privately, Democrats are preparing a one-party push, which they feel is all but inevitable.


On Wednesday, Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., warned Republicans that reconciliation is a real option. The White House and Senate Democratic leaders still prefer a bipartisan bill, he said, but "patience is not unlimited and we are determined to get something done this year by any legislative means necessary."

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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:16 PM
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1. I'll believe it when you actually DO it, Mr. Reid.
I've been fooled by you way too many times already.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:18 PM
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3. Hear Hear, Sir!
Reid has no credibility whatever when it comes to threats of ruthless action in favor of the people and against Republican desires.
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:20 PM
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5. Yes, as I said when the story broke that the WH and Dems were "considering" going it alone
Edited on Thu Aug-20-09 12:31 PM by kenny blankenship
the thing I don't like about this story is the fact that we're hearing about it. That suggests that it's a ploy to get more cooperation from Repukes in the watering down process.

Like my friend Tuco says, When you have to shoot, shoot! Don't talk.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:21 PM
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6. He makes me crazy. nt
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Romulox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:17 PM
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2. Talk loudly and carry a broken twig. nt
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:19 PM
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4. Broken twig?
We'd be lucky if he did. More like a limp noodle of spaghetti.
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Romulox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:28 PM
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8. Impotence imagery intended, either way! nt
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:23 PM
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7. This is a real possibility
And all the more reason why we should be calling and writing to Reid. If they do go the reconciliation path, it is my understanding that it will be Reid who puts the bill together.
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Birthmark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:33 PM
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9. Grrr! He's a tiger, he is! Grrr!
Harry, you have no credibility. It would be amazingly great if you would earn some, especially on this issue.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:51 PM
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10. Harry Reid must have ripped the big, swinging balls off of Bob Novak's ugly corpse. n/t
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 01:36 PM
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11. screw 'em
remember before 2006? conyers holding hearings in the basement? democratic lawmakers treated worse than poor relations? why even pretend to kiss their asses?! give them anything and they will turn around and screw the country and they've proved it over and over and over and over. to hell with the republicans.
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 01:42 PM
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12. He is warning them like they don't know. Damn the repukes, full speed ahead, Harry. nm
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 01:48 PM
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13. Can't we find someone credible to deliver our threats to the GOP? n/t
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:54 PM
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14. Patrick Leahy for Majority Leader
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