I’m having a busy day today, but I wanted to give you a little news that’s positive for a change.
The Republicans in the Senate still have a few options to stall or kill ObamaCare. Ed Morrissey has the details.
Republicans warned that an attempt to use reconciliation would spark a firestorm in the upper chamber. Most people assumed that the GOP quiver would be limited to the end of unanimous consent, thus requiring repeated full readings of bills and amendments, which would slow the Senate to a crawl and keep other business from being heard. This new twist would mean that Republicans could continue offering amendments to the bill throughout 2010 and push the vote closer and closer to the fall, when desperate red-state Democrats on Capitol Hill would see this as a Sword of Damocles about to drop on their collective noggins.
Then there’s this: If the GOP plays their cards right, it is possible for them to take the majority in the Senate. A super majority is highly unlikely, but it could be enough to stop much of Obama’s radical agenda dead in it’s tracks.
With the developments in Illinois and Indiana over the past 24 hours, the Cook Political Report now carries 10 Democratic-held seats in their most competitive categories — meaning, theoretically, that if Republicans ran the table (and lost none of their own toss up seats in Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire and Ohio) they could get to 51 seats and the Senate majority.
Is it a longshot? Absolutely. But, remember that recent history has shown that in a national political landscape tipped in favor of one party a strong majority of toss up contests tend to fall that party’s way.
For more on this development follow the links at memeorandum.
I’ll be back shortly.
I hope the GOP leadership is on board with the plan. They need to use every tool at their disposal to stop this.
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