I don't really do politics on here because I generally feel completely out of my element when it comes to it. I just don't follow political news enough to form personal opinions I feel confident in espousing. Which I know probably means I fail as an American ... I do, however, have an awareness of what's going on and I have been following the news on health care reform since this is an issue that will affect most of the people I know including myself if I am laid-off (or even if I'm not laid off, chances are budget cuts will demand that in addition to pay cuts, benefits will be slashed as well).
So Republicans have been fighting the Democrats (what a surprise) from "death panels" on down.
And now finally this:
The Senate Minority Whip [Sen. Jon Kyl (R) of Arizona] added that "almost all Republicans" are likely to oppose reform, even if it's the result of a bipartisan compromise ... There's no real ambiguity here -- a member of the Senate GOP leadership announced, publicly and on the record, that Republicans are going to oppose health care reform, no matter how many concessions Democrats make.
And so, it's nice to hear from Rahm Emmanuel:
The Republican leadership has made a strategic decision that defeating President Obama’s health care proposal is more important for their political goals than solving the health insurance problems that Americans face every day.
Hopefully, this is a sign that Obama and the Democrats are going to follow Latoya Peterson from Jezebel's plea that they show no bitchassness.
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Yes- They need to create the reform they feel is the strongest and best for America, and stop worrying about working with those who refuse to work with them.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping this backfires on the Republicans- You'd think the majority of Americans would see these as some of the most unpatriotic actions our representatives could make. Putting party before country, hmmm, isn't that EXACTLY what McCain said he would NOT be doing?