Right; because Republicans have tried so hard over the years to do improve health care, and rejected this opportunity out of hand because it’s better to do nothing than to get something accomplished.

That’s going to be a great campaign slogan for 2010 and 2012;

Vote GOP; we keep things as crappy as you expect us to.

1. What the hell’s a “Democratic”?
2. You thought NCLB, the Iraq War, and all of Bush’s other failures were good ideas. So why should we trust your judgement on ANYTHING?

How is Obama pulling the rug out from under liberal Dems?

I could come up with a few issues, but health care isn’t one of them.

Or make it clear to the public that the bill already is largely what they are behind. I.e., cut thru the “death panels” lies and other crap.

Certainly didn’t. It’s how they used it not once, not twice, but THREE times to get tax cuts passed.

At your usual standards of relevance and sense, I see.

How is Obama pulling the rug out from under liberal Dems?

I suspect it’s actually something more like: “If you’re going to insist on doing nothing, then we’ll go ahead and clean up the mess without your help.”

Not beating them up. Rather, ignoring them as irrelevant.

(Don’t Rush to play the victim so fast, Impy.)

You keep saying that but you never give any reasons for it. News flash: Things are hat you say they are just because you say they are.

Now basically the only way for Obama to save his ass is to improve the bill so the public is behind it. I don’t know if the Dems have it in them to do so. It might mean standing up to their abusive husbands-I mean the GOP.

Certainly not new. And the GOP didn’t consider it “nuclear” when they were in control.

“If one small group, won’t play with us, then its their fault that we had to beat them up.” Does this sum up your argument?

-hall monitor

Taxes are high enough as it is, and the federal government has its hands more than full; we really need to have more transparency and accountability, before coming up with new spending programs.

Oh…right (crickets)

Snowe is guaranteeing that Democrats will shove reform through via the reconciliation process. Moreover, after all the watering-down she did, this raises the chances for the public option. Hell, her stated problems with the Baucus bill are a great argument FOR the public option.