Narrow Senate Race Unnerves Democrats on Health Care

[shopgreen]

come on Dems. get to the polls on Tues.



Narrow Senate Race Unnerves Democrats on Health Care
http://www.nytimes.com/20...6/us/politics/16dems.html

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WASHINGTON — With their party’s candidate struggling in Massachusetts in a race for what should be the safest of Senate seats, Congressional Democrats are growing increasingly unnerved about the political consequences of the health care overhaul even as their leadership closes in on a final agreement....

....Now the prospect of Attorney General Martha Coakley of Massachusetts losing on Tuesday in the special election to fill the seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy — the longtime champion of a health care overhaul — is intensifying anxiety among Democrats who were already worried about the 2010 midterm election environment.

Democrats warn of panic in the ranks should the Republican candidate, Scott Brown, prevail. Highlighting the sense that the political climate is shifting rapidly, the White House announced Friday that President Obama would travel to Massachusetts on Sunday to campaign for Ms. Coakley, hoping to generate Democratic enthusiasm in a contest that will hinge on turnout. The decision to put the president’s political prestige on the line after the White House initially said he would not make a trip was a gauge of how seriously the administration was taking the threat.

A victory by Mr. Brown could cause the fragile Democratic coalition behind the health legislation to unravel and put approval of the measure itself in jeopardy. Were he to win and take his seat before final consideration of the health legislation, Democrats would be one vote short of the 60 needed to get the bill through the Senate.
..:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[DJ13]

1. Want to know how angry some Dems are in Mass?

[IndianaGreen]

3. The Senate's middle class tax that is in HCR will create a backlash

And the "deal" between Labour honchos with the White House is too little, and much too late, to change the minds of the rank and file.

[ProSense]

6. How do you know they're Democrats? n/t

[ProSense]

9. They are not Democrats

Two Worcester police unions endorse Brown

Giuliani Earns Backing of New England Police Benevolent Association

[shopgreen]

11. you do not know for sure that they are not dems.

[ProSense]

12. They endorsed Giuliani.

It's not like they changed thier preference for Republicans this year.

[shopgreen]

24. may be some did and some did not.

[IndianaGreen]

19. Your glorious links don't point to Local 509 SEIU

only to police fraternal organizations.

You know who is not a Democrat? The assholes in the Senate that scuttled the public option and decided to impose a mandate with a middle class tax to go with it.

[ProSense]

22. SEIU Local 509

SEIU Local 509

How do you know that the people in the photo are Democrats?

[shopgreen]

10. mmmm...

[democrattotheend]

13. What on earth?

SEIU certainly does not support Brown. They are spending over half a million dollars on anti-Brown ads:
http://www.seiu.org/2010/01/seiu-members-expose-the-real-scott-brown-1.php

Is this photo real? If so, it was probably some rogue members wearing SEIU t-shirts.

[wisteria]

14. Well they are very, very foolish if they think Brown is the answer.

The Democrats are trying to help them. Brown will not care. He is lying.

[wisteria]

16. Actually, there doesn't seem to be to many of them and as someone else said,

they could be Republicans.

[flamingdem]

27. I seriously doubt those are DEMS just more Freeper nonsense, they want Brown soo bad nt

[IndianaGreen]

2. You are not going to get them to the polls using the horrible HCR as a war cry!

You win by attacking Brown for the phony that he is, and by having Coakley denounce the travesty that is the Senate's HCR, and endorsing a public option.

[Aramchek]

4. The HCR Bill will pass. Despite your rooting for Repukes...

[Spazito]

8. Bingo...

:thumbsup:

[Lord Helmet]

20. +1

[JVS]

5. Panic mode! Water down the bill some more!

[depakid]

28. LOL- exactly

Gotta admit, even I've been impressed at how tone deaf the administration and congress has been over this whole fiasco. Thus far, they haven't missed a chance to turn a popular and effective provision into an unpopular one that panders to and empowers the very groups that caused the problems in the first place!

[Mass]

7. So, they will make it worse to get Snowe's vote.

[villager]

15. Yup. This "reform" will become even more punitive.

n/t

[wisteria]

17. You're a sick puppy, if you want Brown to win. n/t

[Lord Helmet]

21. this is where the far left meets the far right in an unholy alliance

[shopgreen]

25. I hope you are not inferring I want Brown to win.

[Cha]

26. "I want Brown to win"? You want brown to win?!

If so then you're on the wrong board, sucker.

[depakid]

29. Some folks will say anything

though one suspects that deep down inside, many realize that they're on the wrong side of the devolving issues.

Even good soldiers like Dean finally acknowledged that enough was enough.

[Peacetrain]

18. I am not un nerved.. I plan to be busy, doing what I can from a long distance.. just saying..

I want Coakley to win.

[Cha]

30. Right..we have nerves of steel as

I'm sure the Dems do in Mass..the corporatemediawhores and some bloggers just have to stir the crack pot for their bottom line.

[ProgressOnTheMove]

23. The situation seems to be because MA have a similar plan but this plan is cheaper, more bonuses...

So if they feel they are getting the same deal is not. We need to give it a shot. There are those under the plan in MA, who say it works it's just the cost that concerns folks, the Obama plan will be significantly cheaper. Obviously, not everything single payer could be, but an advancement over what they ave. For all we fought to get this far (and we can go further) it's the biggest tragedy and sadness for Ted's seat not to see this to the finish line. If 2010 becomes 1994 then we will relive history Pres. Obama will become incrementally more Republican, as the amount of conservatives in Congress growing with people's sense of pessimism. We finally reach 2016, and say hello to the wonderful President Jeb Bush. Isn't history fun, no not really, in this instance.

[treestar]

31. I thought needing 60 was just an "excuse?"

so glad to see someone on the left admitting it is true.

And then of course, nothing else will pass. So i'll be expecting zero complaints from anyone who is willing to go this far to let HCR die.