Comments on: Health Care Bill After Kennedy: What Happens Now?

By: MikeD

MikeD — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:54:02 +0000

Kennedy would eventually have made concessions (a weaker public option, though not none), though he would have had Republicans shaking in their boots up until the last moment and groveling at his thereafter.

By: pjack

pjack — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:23:00 +0000

You are hoping that we have massive illness and deaths in
this country for your interest.
I am betting on our health care system and we will
fare far better than any other country in the event of a breakout
I hope you don’t reflect the views of most on this site

By: CasualObserver

CasualObserver — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:03:17 +0000

He’d be real good with a blog, wouldn’t he.

That text could have been written this morning, and everyone here would be reading and nodding their heads.

That is a significant thing to ponder.

By: stsmytherie

stsmytherie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:50:34 +0000

The whole thing is a good read, Jane.

http://www.edchange.org/multic.....allot.html

Look at it the way it is. What alibis do they use, since they control Congress and the Senate? What alibi do they use when you and I ask, “Well, when are you going to keep your promise?” They blame the Dixiecrats. What is a Dixiecrat? A Democrat. A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in disguise. … No, look at that thing the way it is. They have got a con game going on, a political con game, and you and I are in the middle. It’s time for you and me to wake up and start looking at it like it is, and trying to understand it like it is; and then we can deal with it like it is.

By: stsmytherie

stsmytherie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:40:38 +0000

88th Congress:
66 Dem Senators
259 Dem Reps

http://senate.gov/pagelayout/h.....rtydiv.htm
http://clerk.house.gov/art_his.....ml?cong=88

By: redalert

redalert — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:55:23 +0000

I was really starting to like “The Freedom Option”.
How about The Ted Kennedy Patriot Plan?

By: SouthernDragon

SouthernDragon — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:54:25 +0000

From Wiki

Senate
Composition of the Senate at the start of the 88th Congress

* Democratic (D): 63 (majority)
* Republican (R): 37

TOTAL members: 100

House seats by party holding plurality in state

* Democratic (D): 259 (majority)
* Republican (R): 176

TOTAL members: 435

By: RevBev

RevBev — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:25:55 +0000

You knew George Wallace…looks like George Wallace was a friend of yours.

By: TarheelDem

TarheelDem — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:03:37 +0000

Political reality. Years ago Kennedy was a single-payer advocate.

By: Jane Hamsher

Jane Hamsher — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:18:14 +0000

That stopped me in my tracks. I cannot believe those were the numbers.