It appears that moderate Democrats in Congress are getting
nervous. The public doesn't like the idea of wrecking the
economy in the name of stopping warming, especially when the
climate hasn't actually warmed any for a decade. People
aren't responding any better to the idea of turning hospitals
into the medical equivalent of the post office.
Democrats who helped the sweeping climate change bill squeak
through before jetting home for the July Fourth break got a
surprisingly ugly homecoming, encountering a barrage of
protests, attack ads and negative press. Police turned up at a
local protest aimed at Rep. Allen Boyd (Fla.), a leader of the
moderate Blue Dog Coalition. Freshman Rep. John Adler (N.J.)
told a local paper he got shoved.
The bruising endured by the moderates - along with serious
substantive concerns -prompted them last week to derail the
planned Friday rollout of the health care bill. And it presents
a continuing challenge to leaders hoping to wrap work on the
package this month. "They are completely and totally rattled,"
one senior Democratic aide said of the centrists. "I've never
seen them as bad as they are now."
The lesson is simple. The American people need to maintain
the pressure. Legislators need to be
reminded that they represent the folks back home, not Nancy
Pelosi & Co. The battle is winnable.
Well, they might be getting nervous, but like Pelosi said in the
full article...they said that about the stimulus bill and the cap
and trade bill and we got what we wanted. These folks think the
votes they'll need in 2010 are already bought and paid for
(that's what the stimulus in essence was--buying the next
election). That's what has me worried.
Bobc| 7.14.09 @ 9:51AM
We HAVE to vote these people out! I don't care what Party they
belong to, if they are for us to remain a sovereign country, if
they adhere to the Constitution, if they start boosting our
manufacturing base, and stop these insane cap & trade, health
care and siding with the UN and stop giving our tax dollars away
to foreign countries over and over...I will vote for them!
Janet| 7.16.09 @ 6:30PM
The private sector and competitive market forces, not the federal
government, are the best means to meeting our country’s rapidly
expanding health care needs. One of the things I think we can do
to help make that happen is support American businesses and the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce (http://bit.ly/oanAT). They’re doing
things to reach out and show people that they can get involved,
too.
Janet Brown| 7.16.09 @ 6:30PM
The private sector and competitive market forces, not the federal
government, are the best means to meeting our country’s rapidly
expanding health care needs. One of the things I think we can do
to help make that happen is support American businesses and the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce (http://bit.ly/oanAT). They’re doing
things to reach out and show people that they can get involved,
too.
Royce Stanton| 7.14.09 @ 5:05AM
I think there's a lot of problems brewing for BOTH political parties.
JamesJ| 7.14.09 @ 6:45AM
Has the comment section of American Spectator become an advertisement for blogs?
Deborah D| 7.14.09 @ 8:22AM
Well, they might be getting nervous, but like Pelosi said in the full article...they said that about the stimulus bill and the cap and trade bill and we got what we wanted. These folks think the votes they'll need in 2010 are already bought and paid for (that's what the stimulus in essence was--buying the next election). That's what has me worried.
Bobc| 7.14.09 @ 9:51AM
We HAVE to vote these people out! I don't care what Party they belong to, if they are for us to remain a sovereign country, if they adhere to the Constitution, if they start boosting our manufacturing base, and stop these insane cap & trade, health care and siding with the UN and stop giving our tax dollars away to foreign countries over and over...I will vote for them!
Janet| 7.16.09 @ 6:30PM
The private sector and competitive market forces, not the federal government, are the best means to meeting our country’s rapidly expanding health care needs. One of the things I think we can do to help make that happen is support American businesses and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (http://bit.ly/oanAT). They’re doing things to reach out and show people that they can get involved, too.
Janet Brown| 7.16.09 @ 6:30PM
The private sector and competitive market forces, not the federal government, are the best means to meeting our country’s rapidly expanding health care needs. One of the things I think we can do to help make that happen is support American businesses and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (http://bit.ly/oanAT). They’re doing things to reach out and show people that they can get involved, too.