Do not interpret Pelosi's statement as saying there will never be a public option.

[TheWraith]

She's saying that there isn't going to be one in the fix package because she can't provide the votes for it as a part of that bill. You can probably thank the Stupak 12 for that.

However, they passed a public option before in the House, meaning that it would be possible to do a separate PO bill later on.

[Vincardog]

1. Don't you mean the Stupak 4 or maybe 5?

[TheWraith]

10. We'll see how many of them end up caving.

For the time being though, we need definite votes, not to count on flipping "no" votes.

[RandomThoughts]

2. I thought she said there would not be the votes in the senate for it.

And really Stupak is using Abortion to further market goals, so that is pretty dispicable.


If a bill made abortion illegal, would he require there to be a health care bill in it to help the sick?

[tabatha]

4. Well, at least Nancy Pelosi

is not giving in to Stooopidpak.

[wryter2000]

7. For that alone I could kiss her

He can join Lieberman in the dustbin.

[wryter2000]

6. This makes my eyes cross

41 Senators have signed a letter asking for the public option. Does she think those are the only votes they could get for the public option? I sure don't see it that way. I could understand her thinking she didn't have a majority. After all, she only got the bill passed by two votes, and one Republican voted for it. But, how in heck can she say the votes aren't there in the Senate?

:crazy:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

3. With what majority???

I keep asking this -- we are going to lose seats in the mditerm and we may not have this kind of majoirty we have right now for YEARS, maybe decades!

We are having smnoke blown up are asses by the whole lot of them and I, for one, am getting fucking sick of the bullshit.

[TheWraith]

11. You know we haven't lost the election yet, right?

Not only is there 8 months left before the elections, but despite what the GOP wants you to believe the only way we're losing the House is if the left has a temper tantrum and stays home.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

12. Ah yes, the old "left has a temper tantrum" bullshit.

History shows us we will lose seats. The mood on the right and a bad bill leaves us in grave danger of losing a whole lot more than the 28 that is on average.

If you can't take your blinders off long enough to see that, you are seriously in trouble.

[kentuck]

5. Recommend

Just to kill the unrecommend of the snoop on the board today.

[nykym]

8. And one more to

smart his smarmy ass!

[laughingliberal]

9. I'd still bug her with calls and emails. PCCC & DFA are planning online campaigns to target her

It can't hurt.