GAME ON.... (and we can still get a public option)

ProSense

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Mon Feb-22-10 10:57 AM
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GAME ON.... (and we can still get a public option)

GAME ON....

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There's no public option, though there wasn't expected to be one, and its fate will be considered later in the Senate.

Perhaps most importantly, Obama's plan improves the subsidy rates for those who'll be buying coverage, with a more generous package for the middle class than the Senate legislation.

As for legislative strategy, the White House seems fully on board with pursuing reconciliation in the Senate.

"The President expects and believes the American people deserve an up or down vote on health reform," White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said on the call.

Pfeiffer said no decision had been made how to proceed, pending the outcome of the summit. But he added that Obama's proposal is designed to have "maximum flexibility to ensure that we can get an up or down vote if the opposition decides to take the extraordinary step of filibustering health reform."

That is the right way to characterize this -- call for an up-or-down vote, and characterize Republican obstructionism as something "extraordinary." If the GOP refuses to play a constructive role, Dems will have no choice but to proceed anyway.

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Jennicut

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Mon Feb-22-10 10:58 AM
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1. That is the right strategy as Rethugs will never get on board.

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ohiodemocratic

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Mon Feb-22-10 11:49 AM
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8. How likely do you think it is for us to get 51 votes for the P.O.? nt

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freddie mertz

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Mon Feb-22-10 11:01 AM
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2. If we get a PO, I will buy you a nice cigar.

And it will be my pleasure to do so.

But I have abandoned all "hope."

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Clio the Leo

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Mon Feb-22-10 11:04 AM
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3. We can but....

.... with the President NOT including it in HIS plan, it gives those in Congress who are opposed to it an excuse.

To his credit, the PO rally didn't happen until last week, after the Presiden't plan had been written.

But perhaps this allows the WH and Congress to play good cop/bad cop with the PO. The President has offered a plan WITHOUT a PO ... one which the GOP will no doubt filibuster. When they do that, the Senate will have an excuse to include a PO via reconciliation.

.... IF we can get 50 senators on board.

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ProSense

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Mon Feb-22-10 11:11 AM
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5. I don't think so.

There are a lot of Senators pushing it. There were more than 50 votes for a public option. It's understandable that the President wouldn't include it in the plan for the summit.

Anything can happen.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon Feb-22-10 11:32 AM
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7. Sounds like a time to return to one of my favorite poems...

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
— Shel Silverstein

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Kurt_and_Hunter

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Mon Feb-22-10 11:06 AM
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4. PO RIP N/T

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ProSense

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Mon Feb-22-10 11:14 AM
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6. Premature. n/t

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Cha

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Mon Feb-22-10 01:08 PM
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9. Kick.

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Mithreal

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Mon Feb-22-10 04:34 PM
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10. Odd how certain folks never mention pressuring Congress and Obama

for the public option by mentioning what they can do, just sort of mentioning how you can still have it while the President leaves it out and pressures its removal.

http://whipcongress.com/

Trust Obama and Dem Leadership, folks, sure sure.

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