courtesy National Nurses Organizing Committee:

“The language of the AFL-CIO’s health care policy states, ‘Reform must not diminish the hard-fought benefits currently enjoyed by our members, their families and union retirees.’ It also states ‘ … reform efforts should not undermine existing coverage or put people at risk of unmet health care needs.’”

now I’m just curious as to how Trumka et al are going to sell the benefits tax to their members – as it seemed to be their one true line in the sand – I just can’t imagine the beyond weasel words that is going to require

DeLauro thoroughly discredited herself a few weeks back when, as an elected representative for chrissakes, she talked about ‘recalling’ Lieberman

Jane, it’s time to start another fundraising page, ProgressivesPrimaryProchoicePretenders.

Remember when Jane got hammered for saying that Trumka was being pushed to sell out?

Sharing a state with Joe Lieberputz has all sorts of unintended negative consequences.

In her defense on that one, she also was recognizing that it was impossible to do; she just wanted to show her frustrations with Short Ride for all to see.

But since she’s a member of the D leadership in the house, for this one, she’s def setting the stage to force the cod liver oil to go down, no matter how hateful and nasty tasting.

IIRC, DeLauro took a lot of heavy pressure to get out for Lamont and was not for him in the primary. She’s always been one of those “oh see how liberal I can talk” sorts.

Between the massive gifts to the health insurance and pharmaceutical cartels, and the gleeful charge led by the mighty women officeholders against reproductive freedom, it seems clear that the “big tent” of the Democratic Party includes everyone except anyone who happens to be a leftist, a liberal, a feminist, or a populist, or to have any basic desire to see any positive reform whatsoever.

Very accurate definition of “big tent.”

And then the remaining people in the “big tent” want the rest of us to compromise. Again and again and again.

The big tent is only for Rahm and his toadies. Not for the likes of us.

Folks, if the Democrats currently in office hope to have any chance of retaining their lifetime incumbencies and raking in the dough, we’re going to have to make a few sacrifices on this bill — no actual help to families, no protection of reproductive rights, no oversight and no cost control. Small sacrifices compared to the tens of millions of dollars they will be getting from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries!

good point, let us submit for their benefit.

I nominate Jane for Bulldog Of The Year. Damn,girl… I hope you never come after me!

One might think all six Reps from Connecticut, who are Dems, are true blue Dems.

They’re not so hot, imo.

DeLauro always has sucked. Chris Murphy (CT-05), my Rep, has turned out to be a Pelosi lapdog. Former GS exec Jim Himes, who beat Chris Shays, has turned out pretty much to be a disappointment.

Connecticut shows the problem with putting on a Dem hat and rah-rahing for Dem candidates. There’s zero assurance you’re going to get a good elected official.

It’s oh so Orwellian.

Choco rations are up. Double-plus good.

The bush conscience rule and more state autonomy on repro rights, that’s all in the bill, right? A bill where those who are meant to benefit might benefit from the new rules and subsidies 5-6 years from now – plenty of time for insurers to work around. For this, women are told by their party to sit down and stfu. Just great.

Another Tauzincare snake. And what about those 60 House members who said they wouldn’t vote for a bill w/o a public option? Bets on how many of them fold?

I just left a message on NARAL’s Wall.

Cripes, look at her goofy huffing and puffing skills. Bye bye sellout! Hi Boxer, you too!

The same thing can be said about CA. All districts have been gerrymandered safe. Joe Baca did not have an opponent and still voted for stupak, along with Cardoza, who I believe voted against the overall bill as well.

There is no threat of electoral defeat. They just like kicking dirt in hippies eyes.

2010 will be the Democrats last year to put up or STFU -permanently.

In the Senate, with the whining Harry Reid now predicted to lose his seat, all those on the floor talking big can either buck up up and elect a strong new ML leader – or another whining Moderate assuring Obama and them of a broken Democratic minority in 2011.
And in the House, Pelosi will fall if she lets two more whiners, Clyburn and Hoyer, ruin that body.

We’ve all coddled and protected them long enough. It’s their turn.
They better buck up or we’re gone.

Jane I love you.Keep on fighting.

I wish more people would wake up and see that the Dem party and the progressive movement are not the same.
The Dem party & WH is Corporatist.

The progressive movement ought not to kowtow to the Dem party.
Progressives represent different things and thus it’s admirable that
Jane and some others are leading the fight.

The unions ought to wake up & recognise that the Dem party’s goals are not the same as the Unions & progressive movement.

So yes! the unions & the progressive movement must reject the Senate HCR bill.
I wish Howard Dean or someone else would articulate this point to the masses.

The progressive movement is not the Dem party….say it every time
The WH has melded these 2 different orgs as one,And thus they have shut down any and all criticisms and thus are advancing their Corporate agenda.War,bailouts and now forcing us to buy Health Care insurance.

Rosa DeLauro’s hubby is a partner in crime with James Carville. Carville that DLC-Democrat and pal of Rahm Emanuel…..

I would day the Democratic Party have effectively sold out the pro-choice movement and groups like NARAL are pretty worthless too. NARAL and DeLauro and others may as well go lineup on the side of the Christian fundamentalists.

Women who still believe in a woman’s right to choose has no business voting for the Democratic Party. The Dems have thrown women under the bus here again.

The fix is already in anyway—one could telegraph that last week when Obama told NPR, he saw no problem getting it through even with the concerns of the House.

I mean Nancy Pelosi is very tight with Rahm Emanuel and the House Dems leadership like Hoyer and Larson suck up to Emanuel…..The Democratic Party no longers represents the old consituencies it had before the formation of the DLC.

After the formation of the DLC, the Dems have consistently thrown unions, women’s rights proponents, gay rights activists, public education proponents for real school reform, teachers, college professors, etc. under the bus in favor of corporate sluts.

Rosa DeLauro is jusr another example of a “traitor” to those groups who have remained loyal to the Democratic Party through all its compromising during the last 30 years.

DeLauro’s decision only shows the complete erosion of the Democratic Party as one for the people or an alternative to the GOP. The Democrats are corporate whores with no personal or political backbone. The same applies to Obama, Biden, Clinton, Axelrod, Jarrett, Gibbs, Napolitano, Sebelius, etc.

Between getting this abortion-related language and having successfully stood aside as Lieberman killed both the public option and the weak Medicare buy-in, one would think the Republicans would be praising this legislation.

Btw, if I were to say, “NARAL, YOU SUCK,” would I be going too far?

Did “progressives” and “feminist” just miss that the CEO of the 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee was the leader of the Faith Caucus which was endorsing the Democrats for Life of America 95-10 Initiative? Reduce abortions by 95% in 10 years.

Stupak is just the first reality of endorsing the initiative. More legislation is right behind it already introduced in Congress while NARAL and others are faux-outraged over Stupack.

“The first bill I will sign is FOCA. That is the very first bill I will sign.” Obama is as complicit in this as much as the “feminist” that manipulated and said “if you do not vote Dem Roe could be overturned.”

Without access to medical procedures for abortion, Roe is worthless.

It would seem really clear that the Democrat-aligned special interest groups (eg NARAL) value their “unity” more than they a value any commitment to progressive values, the agenda, basic morality or common sense, etc. And the “unity” is being defined by a group of figures, it is really apparent, who are kow-towing to deep-pocketed corporate interests and who are pursuing their own political convenience.

The Democrats SUCK.

And where the f is the HHS followup to Obama’s signing statement of overturning the 11th hour Bush conscious clause? Lost in the shuffle of further restricting access to health care I guess.

John B. Larson is a conservative democrat who operated and owned his own small insurance company before he was elected to the state senate or U.S. House.

Larson lost a gubernatorial primary to the liberal Bill Curry. It was funny becauae Larson hired Washington Insiders to run his cmapaign for governor but they did not set up shop quick enough. Larson thought he had the Democratic Party nomination locked up until Curry came along and beat Larson…..So much for those Washington Insiders knowing anything about CT residents….I think progressive democrats could win in primaries against DeLauro, Murphy, Himes and Courtney and even Larson for that matter. Dodd is behind in the polls to political nobodies. Linda McMahon will beat Dodd and especially if she points out to pro-choice women that it longer makea a difference on choice over which party you vote for. The Democrats have only been enjoying the White Middle to Upper Class Women’s vote because of abortion rights. Once this is gone, these women will have no other choice but to vote on ecomomic issues and the Dems are not good in that department to people of wealth. As the Democrats say good-bye to social issues, there is no real point to vote or support them.

Many people I talked to were angry at Larson. Former Larson campaign workers of the past were relegated to going and buying donuts and pizza for the Washington Insiders. Curry ran a better, grassroots campaign and beat the back those Washington elites who did not do such a good job of running Larson’s primary campaign. People in my hometown are very angry at Larson and one lady really gave it to him in a restaurant he frequents when he is back home from Washington.

Larson is also a lapdog for Pelosi and this is one of Johnny’s good pal from East Hartford, CT saying this of all people. When your own pals start to laugh and yell at you which is happening to Larson in East Hartford when he is home from Washington, then you know how bad this bill is.

Dear Jane:
As much as I would like to see an investigation into Rahm Emanuel, getting in bed with Grover Norquist was just plain stupid. There is nothing that Grover Norquist would like to do more than destroy you, what in god’s name were you thinking? I have friends who no longer want anything to do with you, FireDogLake took a credibility hit when you did that, the end does not always justify the means. Norquist is pure trash, when you lay down with a punk two punks get up.

PC, I’m curious what you think about the Senate bill? Are you OK with the restrictions on health insurance plans regarding women’s health?

Hell no I’m not OK with the senate bill regarding women’s health and many other parts of the bill. Im sick to death of other people trying to cram their ethics or their own personal moral beliefs down everybodys throat.