Now that the healthcare summit is over, it is time for the truth to be told: the Obamacare bill is dead so long as the Republicans hold firm in opposition. For over a year, Obama and the Obamacrats moved ahead without any GOP support and kept the GOP from any involvement in the process. Oh sure, we heard the "party of no" nonsense, but it was clear to even the most casual observer that the Dems were scheming behind closed doors to come up with a bill that would both reward their favored groups and take over the US healthcare system. Transparency was non-existent. Bipartisanship was shunned by the Dems. Their watchword seemed to be "hubris". Now, this has supposedly all changed. Obama wanted to hear the ideas of the GOP. Of course, if he had listened for the last year, he already knew their ideas. Indeed, we were treated to the idiocy of Obama asking the GOP to post its bills on the web when that had already happened last year.
The truth is that the Dems do not have the votes to pass the Senate bill in the House. If they had the votes, Bela Pelosi would have put the bill up for a vote already. The "summit" was just a ploy to try to win over additional Dems in the House. And it failed! The GOP looked knowledgeable, reasonable and sympathetic in the appearance. They gave Obama no soundbites to use to sway public opinion. Indeed, it was Obama who looked as if his only answer to many points was either to change the subject or just to avoid the issue by attacking the bona fides of the speaker.
The bill is dead!
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