Obama urges Dem senators to finish the job on healthcare ("We still have to lead.")

[kpete]

Source: The Hill

Obama urges Dem senators to finish the job on healthcare
By Jordan Fabian - 02/03/10 10:26 AM ET

President Barack Obama on Wednesday morning pushed Senate Democrats to pass several major pieces of legislation, such as healthcare reform, despite concerns about taking tough votes in an election year.

Obama spoke at a question and answer session before the Senate Democratic Conference in Washington several days after he held a similar event with House Republicans.

"So as we think about moving forward, I hope we don't lose sight about why we're here," he said. "We have to finish the job on healthcare, we have to finish the job on financial regulatory reform. We've got to finish the job even though it's hard."

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"We went from having the largest Senate majority in a generation to having the second-largest majority in a generation," he said. "If anyone is searching for an answer to the lessons of Massachusetts, I promise you, it's not to do nothing...We still have to lead."

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/79493-obama-urges-dem-senators-to-finish-the-job-on-healthcare-financial-regs

[ixion]

1. Ah, Obama doing the work of his masters, I see

who apparently want to make sure there is a Dem rout in the next election.

[Demeter]

2. I'd Say the Job on Healthcare Is Pretty Much Finished

no sense in beating this dead horse.

[TacticalPeek]

3. There's something left to fuck up?

:shrug:

[Iowa]

4. Ha! That sums it up beautifully.

[WriteDown]

5. Maybe he should have said "Take care of healthcare."

As in "make sure he's taken care of."

[hugo_from_TN]

6. He's dead, Jim.

[w4rma]

7. No P.O., no health "reform" bill. (nt)

[Yuugal]

8. kill it

or give us the public option either way