Olympia Snowe now saying public option has not been 'on the table'

in 'gang of 6' negotiations. m$nbc now.

She's one of TWO representing those people so theoretically she's "got" 658,228 people.. and she's speaking for , deciding life & death issues for 300 MILLION people?

I am sick and tired of the people from the LOWEST population centers, always being in deciding positions for what the rest of us have to live with..

They represent just over 1.4% of the population if pro-rated between the 2 senator for each state.

It is really disgusting how much more power the smaller states have. This is why insurance execs donate so heavily to them. But it is a fault of the Senate as a whole that they put the control in these 6 people's hands.

By contrast, Obama's state alone represents 4.2% of the population and Pelosi's state 12.1%.

I'm not sure this is what the founding fathers had in mine. The vast majority of the population being held hostage by these self-absorbed self-serving asshats.

...with a public option in it -- if they produce anything at all. Finance is broken. At this point Baucus, and Conrad, are like chess players with a losing position who are going to let the flag drop on their clocks and lose on time, rather than get beat over the board.

The Senate GOP sent word out via Kyl that nothing Finance can offer is acceptable to their caucus -- no version, no compromise is enough to get GOP votes. And in the House, Pelosi's train is leaving the station already. They screwed the pooch, they know it, and this is the only semi-dignified exit.

HELP's version will be the Senate's lone contribution to conference, and whatever emerges, Snowe will vote for cloture, and against the bill. That's her usual straddle, and I don't think she'll change.

I hope the progressive caucus sticks to their guns.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=6362518

Hoyer not firm on public option

...give or take, for every Blue Dog. Nancy's got high hand and best cards showing. Hoyer's either playing bad cop, or he's a fool who never recovered from being beaten for Speaker by a chick.

smoke about his role fighting for public option there when many of us knew damn well his claims were for SHOW as he was the one actually negotiating trigger and co-ops. Corporatist through and through.

the table and put out to pasture. I hope whatever the final bill is that emerges for Obama's signature, that he sends it back until the "robust public option" is included. If he signs something that enriches the industry at the expense of the patients and the taxpayers like the Medicare prescription drug benefit, Part D, I'm afraid he will lose the support of his base. It's a pity. I so do want him to succeed.

Are their state Democratic parties really happy with them?

The problem here is that they could vote in a moderate sounding Republican. They need a true Democrat not a DINO to run against him. I wonder if David Sirota would consider doing it?

Republicans lie a lot.

Haven't you noticed?

who has even considered it.

healthcare industry last year.

We just need to focus on that and ignore Finance.

I thought Glen Beck was leading the healthcare negotiations.