White House will "prioritize" requests for midterm election assistance based on support for reform.

[jefferson_dem]

Good. As they should...

To Democrats Wavering on Health Care

Washington Post: "Obama intends to lobby wavering House Democrats to vote for a Senate version of the legislation and to support the subsequent reconciliation process... Among the rewards Obama is ready to offer, White House officials said, are election-year visits to competitive congressional districts, where a presidential appearance can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds."

New York Times: "The White House has signaled to lawmakers that assistance for midterm elections -- for example, presidential visits and fund-raisers -- will be prioritized for those who support the bill."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/03/15/to_democrats_wavering_on_health_care.html

[jaxx]

1. Makes sense to me.

Why reward bad behavior?

[bluethruandthru]

2. This is how it should be done! n/t

[nightrain]

3. this is how corporatists reward... see how it works?

[Donnachaidh]

6. smell that? The smell of desperation.

When does the big guy named Luigi start following reps into dark alleys? :sarcasm:

[nightrain]

14. yep, let's pass anything, even gas, and call it a "win", to hell with the people!

[Jennicut]

4. Good! That is exactly how to do it. The blue dogs/conservadems who vote against this

bill don't deserve the President's full support.

[yodermon]

12. Obama's presence wouldn't help these DINO's anyway. n/t

[DFLforever]

19. No but his fundraising and that of the DCCC would.

[nradisic]

5. Holy Shit!

It's about fucking time! Are you with us or against us?

[harun]

7. He should do this to get support for the PO, not for the Senate Bill.

[JoePhilly]

8. Great!!!!

[leftygolfer]

9. Go Prez!

Time for more stick, less carrot

[DLnyc]

10. Good idea.

Next up, actually support the winners of primaries (as in Ned Lamont, for example).

[slipslidingaway]

11. Too bad he is not doing this for Universal Health Care n/t

[nightrain]

15. yep, money for war, nuclear power, Xe mercenaries, but not for HR 676

[slipslidingaway]

18. Yes and it cannot even be discussed, but it is easily dismissed. n/t

[mkultra]

13. Good.

[The2ndWheel]

16. The world is a business, Mr. Beale

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechnetwork4.html

"There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars. Petro-dollars, electro-dollars, multi-dollars, reichmarks, rins, rubles, pounds, and shekels.

It is the international system of currency which determines the totality of life on this planet. That is the natural order of things today. That is the atomic and subatomic and galactic structure of things today!"

[Cha]

17. And, why the hell not? My blue dog prolly

expects help from the insurance corps.

[donheld]

20. Then why are they supporting Blanche Lincoln?

[DFLforever]

22. She voted for HCR.

[Hippo_Tron]

23. One she's a senator, two they're supporting all Democratic incumbents

But the question is whether or not they are going to come to their district/state and raise money for them.

[depakid]

21. If that happened last summer when a robust public option and progressive taxation was on the table

This would have been finished by August- and Democrats would have been looking at increasing their majorities (rather than loosing them).

...And we'd still have a Democratic Senator from Massachusetts.

[SunsetDreams]

24. Nice!!