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The Whip Job Ahead of the Democrats on the Way to 218

By on 11.6.09 @ 1:34PM

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has posted a useful list of 69 Democrats who have expressed opposition to the speaker's health care bill, with quotes. With zero Republican defections, a large number of wavering Democrats will have to be brought in line. The closer the final vote is to 218, every Democrat in a tough district who votes for the bill will be able to be blamed for the outcome. Who wants to volunteer to be the Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky of the 2010 election cycle?

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W. James Antle, III is associate editor of The American Spectator. You can follow him on Twitter at http://Twitter.com/Jimantle.

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