A Pyrrhic Victory
The House just passed Obamacare by a vote of 220-215.
This is a pyrrhic victory at best for Democrats. Consider:
1. Republicans will be able to use this as a campaign issue against many vulnerable Democrats from the classes of 2006 and 2008.
2. The Obamacare debate is going to drag on for months. The pressure is now on embattled Senate Democrats to pass their bill, and then reconcile that with the House, and then pass that bill in both chambers… Obamacare will dominate the debate at least into January, sapping Democrats’ energy, and giving Republicans ammunition – money and support – for 2010.
3. The narrow margin of the vote meant that there was much arm-twisting of vulnerable Democrats. Pelosi has spent whatever she has of her political capital, and she won’t have it available for Cap-and-Tax and illegal-alien amnesty.
4. If the Democrats fail at any stage of the process – a Senate vote, a House-Senate conference, House and Senate votes on the conference report – they will demoralize their supporters, whose expectations have just been built up.
What can you do about all this? Don’t get mad, get even!
Here’s a list of Republican House candidates who could use your donations. All are 1) conservative, 2) unopposed in the GOP primary, and 3) running against extremely vulnerable liberal Democrats.
Steve Pearce – NM
Robert Hurt – VA
Alan Nunnelee – MS
Cory Gardner – CO
Andy Harris – MD
Martha Roby – AL
Pat Meehan – PA
Steve Chabot – OH
Steve Stivers- OH
Tim Griffin – AR
UPDATE: More unopposed conservative Republicans, running against very vulnerable Democrats who voted for Obamacare:
Frank Guinta – NH
Tim Walberg – MI
Greg Ball – NY
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November 7th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
If republicans had been smart, they would have all voted against the Stupak Amendment amendment that the bluedogs wanted.
November 7th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Do you guys ever get tired of being wrong?
November 7th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
MikeyW do you ever get tired of living if so do us a favor and kill yourself.
November 7th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
The policy wonks among you who are interested in health care policy and want to know what exactly was in the bill may find these websites interesting:
See http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AHCAA-DETAILEDSUMMARY-102909.pdf
(for a ten page summary of the bill)
and
see http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AHCAA-SECBYSEC-102909.pdf
(for a section by section summary of the bill)
and
see http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AHCAA-MythvFact-102909.pdf
and
see http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/11/health_factsheets.html
and
See also http://edlabor.house.gov/blog/2009/10/affordable-health-care.shtml
November 7th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
These websites provide detailed information about the bill and about health care generally:
See http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AHCAA-DETAILEDSUMMARY-102909.pdf
(for a ten page summary of the bill)
and
see http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AHCAA-SECBYSEC-102909.pdf
(for a section by section summary of the bill)
and
see http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AHCAA-MythvFact-102909.pdf
and
see http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/11/health_factsheets.html
and
See also http://edlabor.house.gov/blog/2009/10/affordable-health-care.shtml
November 8th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Sorry, not appropriate.
November 8th, 2009 at 4:38 am
Yes, this is good news for the Republican/Conservative/Libertarian/Tea Party Party.
The passage of some modest healthcare reform, which 70% of the public want, will surely be the undoing of those politicians that support it because of a reason . . . or something.
November 8th, 2009 at 4:54 am
Invalid10, the Republicans did the right thing. I am certain that Pelosi would have found 218 votes even if Stupak’s amendment went down since those ‘Blue Dogs’ that supported the amendment had already agreed to vote for the final package as long as they got a vote. So, at least the pro-life cause got a reasonable plank in the amendment rather than nothing. In fact, passing the amendment will cause great heartburn in the Senate as the Boxer/Kerry/Schumer pro-abortion forces have to face off against the ‘pro-life’ forces in their own caucus.
November 8th, 2009 at 5:05 am
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November 8th, 2009 at 6:18 am
Don’t be fooled by Dems who opposed Obama care. They met in a back room and decided who got to vote against this bill. The Dems who voted for Pelosi but against Obama care are just as guilty. Also, watch for Dems who were promised positions if their vote for Obama care leads to defeat in 2010. There were deals made to get these votes and they should be outed if they get big money jobs after their defeat.
November 8th, 2009 at 6:57 am
When the American people wake up, it may be too late to stop the bloodshed. Read The Emerging Order by Jeremy Rifkin. The leftists really, sincerely believe they need to control us in order to prevent a right-wing, Conservative, Christian dictatorship like the Taliban from taking over…
Little do they know or care that they are destroying America in the process. If “Freedom of Speech” means they have to allow us to speak then they are happy to do away with it…
May God have mercy on us all.
November 8th, 2009 at 7:19 am
The passage of some modest healthcare reform, which 70% of the public want,
……
Liar.
November 8th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Shortly after the cap and tax vote, Pelosi and Waxman were exposed as having made major contributions to some of the fence sitters. It was a very close vote, same as this one, so undoubtedly votes were bought here as well.
And fyi, lefty troll, if this nonsense had 70% public support, it’d woulda sailed through with AT LEAST 70% of the votes, and wouldn’t require vote-buying. Even CNN’s polling is showing the mainstream is against ObamaCare.
Check the data.
Cap and tax, and ObamaCare. Those are some votes you don’t wanna be taking into a swing state election.
November 8th, 2009 at 7:28 am
2010 will make 1994 look like a nail-biter.
If we make it that far.
November 8th, 2009 at 7:40 am
artist, if we don’t it will be because Obama tries to disarm his political enemies and makes the Army choose between their family and the dhimmi-in-chief…
November 8th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Reducing the rate of growth in the most absurd and inefficient spending programs is an epic battle, against frenzied legions of beneficiaries who are passionately uninterested in hearing about anyone else’s tax rates or unemployment levels…
Exactly and the reason I thinkg the Democrats have been plotting for 40+ years to make as many people as possible dependant on the government. The only reprieve was when a Republican controlled Congress made the DemocRat Clinton sign welfare reform. To me it’s absolutely absurd and demaenaing to have 50% of the population not pay any taxes at all. everyone who benefits should pay even a small amount but, because they don’t pay they don’t give a damn about those of us who do pay. Welcome to Venezuela…This is exactly how Chavez did it!
CCRWM on November 8, 2009 at 1:51 PM
November 8th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Stop making stuff up, LIBTARDS. 55% OPPOSE this insanity.