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32. We must have a strong Public Option or else any bill is complete bullshit!
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  -Feingold: No Public Option A "Strong Reason" Not To Support Reform kpete  Oct-25-09 12:14 PM   #0 
  - He also reminded the obvious "PO" is already a compromise, and not a left wing idea\nt  Mass   Oct-25-09 12:16 PM   #1 
  - so glad you're the 1st reply with that comment! yes, this PO is NOT the left wing's plan at all  Divine Discontent   Oct-25-09 06:21 PM   #31 
  - hmmm...  chervilant   Oct-26-09 10:31 AM   #65 
  - yes, the po is already a compromise once Single payer was kicked under the table.  joeycola   Oct-26-09 11:52 AM   #68 
  - K&R  Solly Mack   Oct-25-09 12:27 PM   #2 
  - You go, Russ.  saltpoint   Oct-25-09 12:27 PM   #3 
  - As is Jay Rockefeller  IndianaGreen   Oct-25-09 12:29 PM   #4 
     - Agree. The Rock has done right by us on this one.  saltpoint   Oct-25-09 12:30 PM   #5 
        - It was good to take away his Intelligence Committee chairmanship.  Lasher   Oct-25-09 12:33 PM   #7 
           - He is. I'm not hogwild about him exactly, but of late he's been right in  saltpoint   Oct-25-09 12:34 PM   #8 
  - Public Option  Bitwit1234   Oct-25-09 12:31 PM   #6 
  - Careful. You'll face the wrath of an angry Senator Snowe. nt  onehandle   Oct-25-09 12:36 PM   #9 
  - That's President Snowe  Bluenorthwest   Oct-25-09 01:25 PM   #14 
     - President, nuthin'. That's Exalted Empress Snowe.  No Elephants   Oct-25-09 01:55 PM   #16 
        - Galactic MegaCzarina Snowe  Ken Burch   Oct-26-09 01:18 AM   #46 
           - Here's a recent photograph of her...  Captain Hilts   Oct-26-09 09:54 AM   #60 
  - Russ is right more often than not - and puts his constituents before anything else  stray cat   Oct-25-09 12:44 PM   #10 
  - it's a 2-way street and I hope the Party trumps individual weakness *ie yellowdogs  tomm2thumbs   Oct-25-09 12:54 PM   #11 
  - I think you mean bluedogs  skipos   Oct-25-09 01:48 PM   #15 
  - Russ is right. No Public Option: not worth passing.  Vidar   Oct-25-09 01:01 PM   #12 
  - Who Cares About Olympia Snowe  discocrisco01   Oct-25-09 01:20 PM   #13 
  - Correctomundo, discocrisco01!! I wrote the White House last night asking them who the  bertman   Oct-25-09 01:57 PM   #17 
  - When did the repukes ever worry about Dem votes when they were  LibDemAlways   Oct-25-09 04:17 PM   #23 
     - +1  bertman   Oct-25-09 04:35 PM   #25 
  - On some talking head show this morning, some pundit said Snowe provides cover  No Elephants   Oct-25-09 02:03 PM   #18 
  - Snowe provides cover for Obama's pro-PhRMA ass!  IndianaGreen   Oct-25-09 02:15 PM   #19 
     - +1  Iowa   Oct-25-09 06:54 PM   #33 
  - This is been the first I've personally seen WHY they're  gateley   Oct-25-09 02:52 PM   #20 
  - They are Dems in name alone.  sellitman   Oct-25-09 07:37 PM   #36 
  - "...that they feel the conservative Dems will follow her lead."  The Wizard   Oct-25-09 11:40 PM   #45 
  - I don't give a shit if NO Repuke votes for a strong public option ...  Hepburn   Oct-26-09 09:54 AM   #61 
  - How ironic -- I posted the first article, in its original form, last night, and it was unrec'd  katandmoon   Oct-25-09 03:16 PM   #21 
  - Huffington Post got it right: LEADERLESS!  PuppyBismark   Oct-25-09 03:34 PM   #22 
  - Yep... you nailed it. I agree completely.  Iowa   Oct-25-09 06:56 PM   #34 
  - Puppy  maglatinavi   Oct-26-09 05:34 AM   #48 
  - No Public Option........  DMNinFL   Oct-25-09 04:27 PM   #24 
  - I'm On Your Side... Disgusted With The Merry-Go-Round O What, How &  ChiciB1   Oct-25-09 04:47 PM   #26 
  - Welcome to DU. I'm with you on this.  Laelth   Oct-25-09 05:33 PM   #29 
  - Well said.  Iowa   Oct-25-09 06:58 PM   #35 
  - That's My Senator!  Dinger   Oct-25-09 04:48 PM   #27 
  - My weekly phone calls have been heard!!! Thank you Russ!  AllyCat   Oct-25-09 05:00 PM   #28 
  - I agree. Don't give them the opportunity to lie to us and say they achieved reform when they didn't.  closeupready   Oct-25-09 05:50 PM   #30 
  - We must have a strong Public Option or else any bill is complete bullshit!  GreenTea   Oct-25-09 06:44 PM   #32 
  - Feingold for President!  thread-bear   Oct-25-09 08:27 PM   #37 
  - WTF? 60?  blackspade   Oct-25-09 08:35 PM   #38 
  - Let them filibuster.  RUMMYisFROSTED   Oct-26-09 08:04 AM   #51 
  - This is just the screen the admin and DLC want.  Jakes Progress   Oct-25-09 09:05 PM   #39 
  - Single payer! Single payer! Single payer!  valerief   Oct-25-09 09:43 PM   #40 
  - That's the plan that makes sense. nt  Trillo   Oct-25-09 10:09 PM   #41 
  - thank you, nt  G_j   Oct-25-09 11:29 PM   #43 
  - I'm going to stab the next moron that states "60 votes needed for passage in the Senate"  HughMoran   Oct-25-09 11:09 PM   #42 
  - Right on, HughMoran!  Enthusiast   Oct-26-09 06:00 AM   #49 
  - I would actually prefer that the Dems FORCE the obstructionist Republicans fools to filibuster  HughMoran   Oct-26-09 08:26 AM   #52 
     - Yup. nt  Enthusiast   Oct-26-09 09:13 AM   #57 
  - I'll see your chagrin and raise you one. Someone who (apparently) makes  No Elephants   Oct-26-09 08:48 AM   #54 
     - ENDING a filibuster  whoopingcrone   Oct-26-09 09:16 AM   #58 
     - Hear! Hear!  HughMoran   Oct-26-09 12:28 PM   #69 
     - You don't have to vote for the bill to prevent a filibuster  HughMoran   Oct-26-09 12:38 PM   #70 
  - HUH?  Styxiv   Oct-25-09 11:30 PM   #44 
  - good point, poor analogy...  whoopingcrone   Oct-26-09 09:21 AM   #59 
     - You're not kidding about that!  peaches2003   Oct-26-09 10:06 AM   #63 
  - With no Public Option I'd put the quotes around "reform"  diane in sf   Oct-26-09 01:42 AM   #47 
  - K & R  DeeDeeNY   Oct-26-09 06:39 AM   #50 
  - knr!~  tekisui   Oct-26-09 08:27 AM   #53 
  - Delay/ Opt-Out/ Trigger Provisions= Bull Shit  SlingBlade   Oct-26-09 08:51 AM   #55 
  - Weak sauce!  Oerdin   Oct-26-09 09:07 AM   #56 
  - Don't Know What 2012 Will Look Like... But If OBAMA Can't Lead Any Better  ChiciB1   Oct-26-09 10:12 AM   #64 
     - +1  kath   Oct-26-09 11:02 AM   #67 
  - WTF?!  BluinTX   Oct-26-09 10:00 AM   #62 
  - I watched both Senators McCain and Feingold on Face the Nation yesterday  alp227   Oct-26-09 10:36 AM   #66 
  - funny how the debate has changed on DU  sui generis   Oct-26-09 12:44 PM   #71 
  - Huh?  GinaMaria   Oct-26-09 01:49 PM   #72 
 

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