Without a final proposal and new cost figures, Democrats are in no position to start twisting the arms of wavering House Democrats whose votes would be crucial to adopting first the Senate-passed health care bill, and then a companion budget reconciliation measure that would include the final revisions. (NYT, 3/9/10)
RedStateVT saw the above passage today and just started thinking……if President Obama’s health care plan is so darn good, why does he need to ‘twist the arms’ of members of his own party?
We also began thinking again about the whole concept of “bi-partisanship” as it relates to health care. When Obama says bi-partisan, why is it only defined as some Repubs cross party lines to support the bill? In fact, the House of Representatives has already demonstrated bi-partisanship with its November vote. Recall that 1 Republican voted for the House bill and 39 Democrats voted against it! RedStateVT urges a more expansive demonstration of “bi-partisanship” and challenges Democrats to bump up those “no” votes……..in the true spirit of, you guessed it, bi-partisanship.
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