Only President Obama Would Bring a Microphone to a Knife Fight!

He is one of the great orators of our time, but he hasn’t played hardball on health reform, and now we have to accept a mediocre health bill- barely reform at all. The Republicans are holding their ground not to endorse the bill in any form, yet Senator Baucus snubbed his party and still gave away the public option, even after he failed to bring a single Republican into the fold. Here’s the proposed Senate bill: http://help.senate.gov/BAI09A84_xml.pdf
It’s a nice, insurance company friendly bill. Happy reading.

It doesn’t seem to matter if over 70% of all Americans think the public option is a good idea, or even if over 60% of the doctors endorse it. It’s disgusting just how blatantly Senator Baucus has ignored his constituents, the President, nation public opinion, and his colleagues in the House. And why is he doing this? He’s keeping his word to prevent real health care reform. That’s what his sponsors in the health cartel paid for, and he’s not letting them down. 

President Obama can talk until the cows come home, but he brought the wrong weapon to the fight. It’s not working. Senator Baucus didn’t even flinch. The President has failed because he didn’t secure leadership on his behalf-- someone who’s aligned with his goals. He hasn’t learned how to use his power to his advantage. He’s showing his inexperience in how Washington really works. It’s time to put away the Carter playbook and dust off the Johnson playbook. Hey, those are fighting words! Where’s my microphone?