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Thu Jun 28, 2012, 03:57 AM

28. Only Way This Has Legs...

First...elect about 50 more Democrats to the House and retake the majority. Second...elect 10 more Progressive/Liberal Democratic Senators. A TALL order even in the best of times...but doable if Americans and Democrats truly want a reformed system. Unfortunately this means going up against every powerful lobby group around (just like last time...and loaded with Citizens United money).

The real problem is if Democrats lose seats in November...that will seal any healthcare reform for another generation or longer. It'll once again become a third rail that mostly Democrats will not want to touch.

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... House Progressives Will Seek Single-Payer Plan If Mandate Goes Down. [View all]	kpete	Jun 2012	OP
Conyers and Ellison!!! Again!	longship	Jun 2012	#1
And sadly, Max Baucus will be right there in the Senate	BumRushDaShow	Jun 2012	#2
Given that Bernie Sanders says that there were only 10 or so Senators who would vote for it,	karynnj	Jun 2012	#24
And there's no reason not to try	Scootaloo	Jun 2012	#26
As if it could pass even with Baucus. You need 60 votes. So please, enough of that.	RBInMaine	Jun 2012	#31
The Republicans don't need 60 votes for their bills. So please, enough of that.	Leopolds Ghost	Jun 2012	#34
Du rec. Nt	xchrom	Jun 2012	#3
I'd prefer if they said they would seek single payer regardless of the SC's decision. nt	chowder66	Jun 2012	#4
^^ This!	LeftofObama	Jun 2012	#5
tanks!	chowder66	Jun 2012	#10
It's about "gnikcuf" time!	KansDem	Jun 2012	#6
Yes indeed!	Plucketeer	Jun 2012	#20
k&r a thousand times!!!!!	robinlynne	Jun 2012	#7
Exercise in futility.	DCBob	Jun 2012	#8
Ah the Pessimism packaged as Pragmatism wail!	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2012	#36
Spare me the lecture. I'm simply suggesting we focus our effort on something thats doable.	DCBob	Jun 2012	#40
And every other elected (bought) Democrat will ignore them.	MrSlayer	Jun 2012	#9
Exactly - one corporate party, two faces.	polichick	Jun 2012	#17
Um, the REPUBLICANS control the House. Maybe, uh, try bashing them instead. (???)	RBInMaine	Jun 2012	#30
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	Jun 2012	#11
I suspected this might happen, because I believed the ACA to be a sort of planned failure.	kestrel91316	Jun 2012	#12
Can you really see it passing either House?	karynnj	Jun 2012	#25
Take a look at some polling. A good majority supports Medicare for All	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2012	#37
I've looked at polling, but the relevant group to poll here consists of the members of Congress	karynnj	Jun 2012	#42
Why seek single payer if Mandate goes down? What a clunky bunch!	midnight	Jun 2012	#13
If you wish him support, then support him. Calling him clunky is not support. It is unfounded	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2012	#38
Hurray!	mckara	Jun 2012	#14
Dennis Kucinich was right!	TransitJohn	Jun 2012	#15
All the more evidence that the mandate will stand, IMO	demwing	Jun 2012	#16
I doubt that will pass	sakabatou	Jun 2012	#18
And if it is upheld, they should push for single-payer anyway, state by state under the opt out.	SunSeeker	Jun 2012	#19
There isnt enough of them. It will never happen.	scheming daemons	Jun 2012	#21
Are these the same House Progressive who said they wouldn't vote for a bill that didn't include a	Puregonzo1188	Jun 2012	#22
K&R	MustBeTheBooz	Jun 2012	#23
Would Like Single Payer, But This Court Would Knock It Down Too	TomCADem	Jun 2012	#27
Only Way This Has Legs...	KharmaTrain	Jun 2012	#28
And it will be an act of futility because a snowball in hell has a better chance of PASSING. However	RBInMaine	Jun 2012	#29
I'd rather lose doing it right, than win doing it wrong	louis c	Jun 2012	#32
Lame posturing.	Laelth	Jun 2012	#33
Agreed, sadly. n/t	Leopolds Ghost	Jun 2012	#35
Where was their balls when they needed them?	Hubert Flottz	Jun 2012	#39
Wait...WHO? will be seeking Single-Payer? Not House leadership... nt	Romulox	Jun 2012	#41

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