Not that we really know what’s in Harry Reid’s bill, since he won’t let anyone see it, but what we do know we all hate. It isn’t just conservatives who hate this legislation. Liberals are beside themselves with rage and feelings of betrayal.
In a stunning reversal of fortune for President Barack Obama, top progressives are attacking the health-reform plan moving through the Senate as “hollow,” “unsupportable” and a sellout to corporate interests.
Republicans, after plotting for months to sink the signature legislation of Obama’s first year, suddenly think that Democrats might wind up doing it for them.
Most dangerously for White House chances of assembling 60 Senate votes, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean launched a third day of attacks on the emerging bill, arguing in a Washington Post op-ed that it meets none of his benchmarks for “real reform.”
“[A]s it stands, this bill would do more harm than good to the future of America,” Dean wrote, then took to the airwaves to amplify his case.
Ed Schultz, an influential liberal radio host, declared on his “Ed Show” on MSNBC: “The base is restless. They are wandering in the wilderness, Mr. President. … They want to know, where are you? … Right now, Mr. President, your base thinks you’re nothing but a sellout — a corporate sellout, out that. … The only people who like this current bill right now, Mr. President, is the insurance industry — they get a bunch of new customers.”
Markos Moulitsas, founder of Daily Kos, wrote on his Twitter feed: “Time to kill this monstrosity coming out of the Senate.” And “Kos” blogged: “You pass a s——-y program now that further bankrupts our nation, and we won’t be talking about ‘fixing’ it in a few years, but whether it should even exist.” …
Even the “purple people-beaters” hate it. And Keith Olbermann nearly blew a gasket, pledging to go to jail before purchasing mandated health insurance.
Oh, and now Senator Ben Nelson rejected the abortion compromise, so it looks like he’s a “no” vote.
This is the centerpiece of the President’s agenda. He’ll probably get something called “Health Care”. What’s in it is a crap shoot. If he doesn’t accomplish something, it’s a huge waste of his political capital and won’t be able to move forward easily. I hope he fails, but the bully pulpit is the ultimate power position.
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