Democrats quietly working to resuscitate healthcare overhaul

[BzaDem]

"Reporting from Washington - President Obama's campaign to overhaul the nation's healthcare system is officially on the back burner as Democrats turn to the task of stimulating job growth, but behind the scenes party leaders have nearly settled on a strategy to salvage the massive legislation.

They are meeting almost daily to plot legislative moves while gently persuading skittish rank-and-file lawmakers to back a sweeping bill.

This effort is deliberately being undertaken quietly as Democrats work to focus attention on more-popular initiatives to bring down unemployment, which the president said was a priority in his State of the Union address on Wednesday.

Many have concluded that the only hope for resuscitating the healthcare legislation is to push the issue off the front page and give lawmakers time to work out a new compromise and shift public perception of the bill.

"A little bit of time and quiet could help," said Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor, a conservative Democrat who was among a group of centrist Democrats from the House and Senate who met this week to discuss a way forward on healthcare."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-healthcare-strategy31-2010jan31,0,4131123.story

[Lorien]

1. "A little bit of time and quiet could help,"

How long has it been now? 70 years? How much "time and quiet" do you sensitive souls need? The bank bailout cost a lot more and didn't seem to need much "time and quiet."It's only lives, after all, not profit.

[daleanime]

3. Got that right...

what's a couple hundred more american lives worth anyway?:argh:

[midnight]

4. Right on....

[timeforpeace]

2. If the public doesn't know about it, it might stand a chance.

[gratuitous]

5. Yes, overwhelming majorities can be such a handicap to passing legislation

Why don't we wait until the Republicans give us permission?

[glitch]

6. Ouch. On the other hand, to those actually trying to salvage something good from the corruption:

:patriot: