Comments on: New WaPo/ABC Poll: Public Option Nearly Three Times More Popular Than GOP

By: NCGal

NCGal — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:46:30 +0000

I saw Steve Schmidt (of McCain’s campaign) on CSPAN saying that the GOP feels good about 2010 because many senior citizens are upset about the healthcare reform, & they always vote. The GOP doesn’t think all those young & first time voters who came out in ’08 will come out in 2010. So while they may not fare well with the public at large in polls, they think they’ll do better in one-on-one battles & focusing on voters likely to actually show up to vote.

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:43:27 +0000

“I am their leader. I must catch up to them”

By: gamd521

gamd521 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:41:40 +0000

It is a bit bemusing that people are willing to give Obama credit for the increasing acceptance of the PO when in fact he should be reaping derision from all sides. Here you have a weakling and the worst type of coward pontificating about nothing in particular leaving the heavy lifting to the public who are demanding the right to decent health insurance by way of a non-profit arrangement that actually pays for their health needs.

Obama is the consumate opportunist waiting for the winning side to become apparent and then to take the credit for something he could care less about, no matter which side ultimately prevails. He is plain and simple an insipid loathesome pol without convictions with a gift of gab.

Should the PO prevail into law don’t hold your breath and expect Obama to lift a finger in its defense while the private insurers and other ususal suspects wail away against it and try to make it fail.

By: NAVDOC3rdMAR

NAVDOC3rdMAR — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:27:06 +0000

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score's the baucus plan at $829 Billion over a 10 year period, that is paid for. The CBO also states that it will lower the deficit by $80 Billion and it would be much lower if there was a public option.Criminally corrupt politicians are the reason the U.S. is ranked near the bottom of every catagory when ranked next to other modern, industrialized nations. Time for publically funded elections. lieberman $12.6M, mcconnell $7.8M, baucus $7.7M, cornyn $6.7M, kyl $5.6M, grassley $5.4M, ensign $5.2M, conrad $5.1M, cantor $4.9M, nelson $4.9M, burr $4.8M, boehner $4.4M, hatch $4.4M, lincoln $4.1M, vitter $3.9M, carper $3.6M were paid by the Medical Industrial Complex to kill Health Care Reform. (Source: OpenSecrets.org, Aug. 09)Follow the Money: LinkCall Congress and demand, Single-Payer Health Care for All!(Toll Free # House and Senate)1-866-338-1015 _____ 1-866-220-00441-866-311-3405Sign Single-Payer and Public Option Petitions: Link Link LinkDon’t let the Medical Industrial Complex steal your Health Care from you and your family by donating huge sums of money to Crooked Politicians in order to maintain the Status Quo. Keep up the good fight.SEMPER FI!

By: SomeGuy

SomeGuy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:22:01 +0000

It seems that whenever the Democrats numbers go down, the assumption is that it because they not giving in to the Republicans enough. I wish more polls would try to find out why people are happy or unhappy with politicians. What about the people who are unhappy with the Democrats because they give in to the Republican too much? This whole situation with Sen. Snowe is a good example. Is her vote really worth more to President Obama than doing what he said he would do if he got elected?

How bipartisan was the new deal? Should FDR have split the difference with the Republicans in the name of bipartisanship? Here’s a quote from FDR on Republicans and the New Deal.

“The only common philosophy and the only common purpose they have is to get wholly rid of all the New Deal—lock, stock and barrel—and to get control of Government in their own hands for their own purposes.

Just as they have not been able to foist their falsifications on the American people, they will never be able to foist this only common purpose of theirs upon the American people now.

We will all see to that next Tuesday.

We all know the story of the unfortunate chameleon which turned brown when placed on a brown rug, and turned red when placed on a red rug, but who died a tragic death when they put him on a Scotch plaid. We all know what would happen to Government if it tried to fulfill all the secret understandings and promises made between the conflicting groups which are now backing the Republican Party.

There is something very ominous in this combination that has been forming within the Republican Party between the extreme reactionary and the extreme radical elements of this country.”

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2006/10/18/20565/334

By: Knut

Knut — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:21:59 +0000

They pretty much do that already.

By: tbsa

tbsa — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:10:42 +0000

Because corporate lobbyists have such a disproportionate voice. The money associated with that voice has the power to drown out virtually everything else.

By: yakit70

yakit70 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:57:35 +0000

I have always thought that Republican party followers are quick to forget that we still have a huge mess on ground. That mess was a result of anti- conservative measures by the Bush administration.

The war spending coupled with huge tax cuts could not sustain the demand for more investments by the private sector.
My take is that being an independent is unfairly expensive, otherwise, many would chose another route.
I have discussed more on this on my blog http://www.ridwanalah.blogspot.com

By: Cujo359

Cujo359 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:54:29 +0000

Yes, we could save a lot of time and effort by just letting the corporations nominate Congressmen directly. Or is that not what you meant?

By: Synoia

Synoia — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:46:47 +0000

“they’re negotiating among themselves”

Not really. They are in between their paymasters and their constituents.

The underlying problem is their paymasters are not their constituents. This needs fixing.