So now that the Senate finance committee has publicly stabbed "the base" in the back, now what?

[villager]

I mean, seriously, how does this play out from here?

Or is this all feint-and-parry to make sure we get no public option?

[rurallib]

1. Call Baucus, Conrad and Landrieu and call them stupid mother fuckers.

I am so mad I could spit.

[Ruby the Liberal]

12. I think you meant Blanche Lincoln

[rurallib]

14. I am mad, not logical.

[Ruby the Liberal]

15. LOL!

I hear that. Might as well call Mary just for good measure.

[roguevalley]

21. I'm sure Landrieu is ready to stab us too. Hey Lady who is going

to let herself go blind so she can help her two daughters with the same malady! THESE FUCKERS DON'T CARE!

I hate everyone now.

[Ruby the Liberal]

22. She has already stated as much. No PO.

[asdjrocky]

17. I called them all.

And while I think they are all whores with pimps, I don't call them stupid mother fuckers on the phone. If you do that they just hang up and nothing is done with your call.

I'm so mad I can spit too, and I called them today and told them just that.

[ddeclue]

2. PRIMARY. THEIR. ASSES.

[supernova]

3. +1000

[ihelpu2see]

5. totally agree, Primaries for Baucus and fellow

Democrats Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Blanche Lincoln...

[rubberducky]

9. Oh, yeah it`s past time for them to be gone.

[Mojambo]

13. And watch the establishment, including Obama, leap to their defense. n/t

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. What's worse than being stabbed in the back?

Not being able to afford the Dr's bills for the treatment of stab wounds.

[FLAprogressive]

6. We'll get wooed over with more promises to-be-broken in 2010.

[SpartanDem]

7. We still don't how the HELP and Finance bills will be merged

if doesn't have a PO then there's always the chance it can added on the floor. If that doesn't work, then there is conference committee I would add it always been possiblity that the Senate and House would pass bills with and without a public option.

[Jack Rabbit]

8. Were I a Senator, I would vot No on any "reform" bill with an individual mandate and no public optio

That's not change I can believe in.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. They haven't even gotten their bill out of committee yet. Then the Senate must take that

POS and merge it with the Senate HELP committee's bill and present something to the entire Senate for a vote. The House has 3 versions of a bill that must be merged and voted on before the two houses can be reconciled into a final bill.

P.S. The Senate Finance bill is the only one out of the 5 that does not have a public option.

[Ruby the Liberal]

11. I have been told it is up to Harry Reid

Whether to allow a floor vote on HELP or require the HELP committee to reconcile their bill with Finance.

[tnlefty]

16. For starters, how about taking a page out of Rahm's playbook

and send him and them a lovely wrapped dead fish.

[librechik]

18. forget the Seante Finance Committee. Nobody ever though we'd win there.

Forward to the reconciliation. We have the votes in the House.

[Barack_America]

19. Not a DIME from me to the Democratic Party....

...until Baucus loses his chairmanship of Finance --AND-- I am assured that none of my money will go to Republicans in disguise.

[ShortnFiery]

20. Our Savior, Schumer is talking out of both sides of his mouth on Tweety now.

It's all kabuki theater ... nothing is going to change much save for "the rich" insurance industries are going to get "even richer."


Gawd! I hate The Senate! They are so damn out of touch.