America is bone-tired of this endless saga. But the president, unable to let go of the conviction that his personal charisma is the key to building support for his repellent agenda, continues to campaign. Seriously. He's holding rallies in Philadelphia today and in St. Louis on Wednesday. A certain blogger we know has a ticket to the Philly event and we're looking forward to her report. Will she be able to restrain herself from Wilsonesque utterances? Stay tuned. Update: Read Mary Sue's report here.
Meanwhile, the reconciliation drama in the house is likened to a "wilderness of political mirrors":
There's little honor or trust among these thieves. And get this nutty bit at the end:House Democrats are suspicious of each other, none of them trust their Senate counterparts, and vice versa, and a Soviet mole has infiltrated the highest levels of British intelligence. Sorry, that last part is from a John le Carré thriller, though it might take a novelist to do justice to the ObamaCare-induced paranoia that now engulfs Congress—not to mention the double game that the White House may well be running.
Last week President Obama sanctioned "reconciliation," a complex tactic that would jam ObamaCare into law on sheer power politics. But what if this gambit is really a false-flag operation, meant to lure House Democrats into voting for a bill that they would otherwise oppose? That's the question many rank-and-file Members are now asking themselves, and they're right to be worried.
Then there's House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's far-fetched suggestion to Mr. Stupak and the antiabortion bloc that Democrats can take care of their concerns in a third bill, which everyone knows will fail in the Senate if it even comes to the floor.That smells of desperation. So does the following, though no one knows what's true here:
If the Dems are forced to take Massa's charges seriously this could get extremely ugly.Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) suggested on a New York radio station Sunday that he could rescind his resignation — scheduled to take effect at 5 p.m. Monday — after asserting that an ethics investigation into allegations that he sexually harassed one of his aides may have been orchestrated by Democratic leaders to get him out of office before the health care vote.
Responding to a caller to his weekly radio show on WKPQ Power 105 FM, a recording of which was made available via the Web site of local station 13 WHAM-TV, Massa said: “I’m not going to be a Congressman as of 5 o’clock [Monday] afternoon. The only way to stop that is for me to rescind my resignation. That’s the only way to stop it. And the only way that’s going to happen is if this becomes a national story.”
Massa's allegations against the Dem leadership and his own account of the harassment episode here. ETA link to my Massa post here.
The state of Virginia has grave doubts about the constitutionality of the individual mandate in the Senate bill and are taking legislative steps against it:
Hat tip: Critical ConditionThe Virginia Legislature this week is poised to become the first state to pass legislation that says citizens cannot be required to have medical insurance.
Dozens of other states are considering similar measures, possibly setting the stage for one of the greatest tests of federal power over the states since the civil rights era.
If states are allowed to opt out of the mandate, the foundation of Obama’s effort would be undermined, turning the nascent revolt here into one with national implications.
Obamacare would be even less popular than it is if it weren't for the complicit liberal media. Questions the NYT would be asking were it possessed of integrity:
The Times should, of course, be over this story like flies at a picnic table.Where will the money come from, Mr. President? Is there any precedent for draining funds like this from one soon-to-be insolvent program to another? Have you computed how the projected cuts in payment to doctors would affect the supply of physicians, the quality of medicine practiced, the health and longevity of the American people? Aren't we really dealing with a series of misrepresentations - both explicit and impilicit - unprecedented in the nation's history.Read the rest of Robert Zelnick's succinct takedown of Obama's shell-game-accounting and the NYT's failure to cover it. (h/t: Jennifer Rubin)
Linked at Michelle Malkin (buzzworthy)
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2 comments:
"That smells of desperation"
Obama has to share some of this problem, he is largely responsible for creating it. Some of his problem is when he must be strong - he is weak. And when he should be accommodating and should listen to others, he blocks them out and goes into a campaign/cheerleader mode. He is a pathetic President.
Yep. Unqualified and untrainable.
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