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Time is Their Enemy

Roll Call reports:

Senate Democratic leaders’ hopes of approving health care reform before adjourning for the August recess appear all but dead, with the prospect of meeting President Barack Obama’s demand for a bill on his desk by Oct. 15 looking increasingly difficult.

There's a reason why President Obama is trying to rush health care legislation through Congress and why he continues to make dire warnings that if it doesn't happen this year, it won't get done. The longer legislation stews in Congress, the more time there is for opponents to pick it apart. While Democrats had hoped to have bills passed in both chambers by the end of July, allowing them to come back from recess after Labor Day and merge the House and Senate bills together in the fall, now critics  will have much more time to expose the problems with Democratic health care plans.

And there's a further complicating factor. Several more months of delay means several more bad unemployment reports that call into question the effectiveness of the economic stimulus package. In an interview on local television in Connecticut, Sen. Chris Dodd (who is one of the key players on health care) said that the stimulus legislation wasn't working and suggested there may have to be a second stimulus bill. So, Democrats may find themselves in a box in the fall assuming the economy continues to deteriorate. Take no further action and they'll face criticism from the left that they're not doing enough to help the economy and from the right that their policies have been ineffective. However, if they do push for a second stimulus package it will be a tacit admission that the first one was a failure, make their health care claims less credible, and divert a lot of oxygen from the health care fight.

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Tim| 7.6.09 @ 12:39PM

Here's a 33 year old Brit with a brain tumor turned down by the UK's National Health Service. Obama wants to emulate this?

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Aaron| 7.6.09 @ 1:11PM

But, but health care reform is the "key" to economic recovery... so says O. Dear God, we are gonna have to hear that all summer until they pass this abomination.

Oldefarte| 7.6.09 @ 1:11PM

Excellent thoughts, Philip, and I whleheartedly agree! My prediction is that, by the end of 2009, this country is going to be so deep in the toilet, that it may just be impossible to crawl out of the bowl. Obama HAS TO raise [and is already doing so] taxes on EVERY taxpayer [forget the $250000 limit] in order to prevent our economy from financial ruin. The current holders of our Treasury debt are getting extremely nervous over our deficit and humongous debt levels. It's only a matter of time before they start dumping their holdings of Treasuries out of fear of financial collapse of this country. My only hope is that someone[s] can put a stop to Obama's and Democrats' welfaric policies before it's too late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Missy| 7.6.09 @ 1:28PM

If time is their enemy then time is my friend.

Roy| 7.6.09 @ 1:41PM

If they do push for a second "stimulus package" I wonder how long before the country doubles up with laughter. Why work? Why not just sit at home and wait for "stimulus" money to fall from the sky?

popblogger| 7.6.09 @ 2:17PM

Can we call the second one a stimulus since the first one obviously didn't stimulate?

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The Un-Stimulus « Real Clear Thinker links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…are “disappointed” that stimulus funds haven’t been distributed faster. Disappointed? Aren’t the Democrats in charge? It’s their stimulus package that was designed with pork in mind instead of speedy jobs. In an interview on local television in Connecticut, Sen. Chris Dodd (who is one of the key players on health care) said that the stimulus legislation wasn’t working and suggested there may have to be…

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You Can’t Stop Them, You Can’t Even Hope To Contain Them « Eat It Or Wear It links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…It was too soon to tell whether the $787 billion package approved in February had been successful, Hoyer told reporters, but “I think we need to be open to whether we need additional action.” Time is Their Enemy In an interview on local television in Connecticut, Sen. Chris Dodd (who is one of the key players on health care) said that the stimulus legislation wasn’t working and suggested there may have to…

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Economy » You Can’t Stop Them, You Can’t Even Hope To Contain Them links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…It was too soon to tell whether the $787 billion package approved in February had been successful, Hoyer told reporters, but “I think we need to be open to whether we need additional action.” Time is Their Enemy In an interview on local television in Connecticut, Sen. Chris Dodd (who is one of the key players on health care) said that the stimulus legislation wasn’t working and suggested there may have to…

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