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Originally Posted by troutman
There is no harmony between the parties, so the Dems having nothing to risk there by pushing through a health plan. See Rachel Maddow's "Pizza Parable":
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=...8-7c2e5ccd5bf7
Aug. 18: Republicans oppose single-payer, public option, and co-op insurance options in the healthcare reform bill, so what do they actually support? After an enlightening TRMS skit on ordering dinner, Rachel Maddow is joined by Richard Trumka, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO.
I think the Dems are more worried about public opinion, not harmony with the GOP. |
That's actually more what I was getting at--the reason the Dems have control of everything right now is because for 8 years the Republicans carried much of the control, and it all went to hell in a handbasket. If the Dems push this through without at least reasonable support from both sides, they risk falling out of favor the same way the Republicans did in the last few years.
The goal is to get, and then
keep the upper hand--pushing this through too quickly, with too little support, would negatively impact the Democratic party for the next several years.
Again, I want to state that I'm not a Democrat, nor a Republican. There are values of each party with which I agree and disagree.
But for me, health care reform is a hot button issue. One way or another,
something needs to be done. I still don't think this current bill is going to happen, and I don't necessarily think that is a bad thing, because rarely does the initial draft fix the problems. However, this shows that at least there are people in Washington realizing that the current system
does not work. And that is a very good thing, maybe not at this exact moment in time, but I'd like to think that when I hit my parents' age, this country will have figured something out so that I don't have to go without insurance because it's out of the price range of the average working citizen.