would be far better than the crap we will be fed through 60 votes

but if you expand medicare it will be too politically popular to kill it.

COBRA and SCHIP are budget reconciliation created and have been renewed for 20-30 years

in the house no matter what district I represented

is really tough and the idea that she can't answer it should make the rest of the house really nervous

since they are going to call obama a communist any way , why not adopt public policy that might actually lead to benefits to the public?

expanding medicare quickly would do this ..
reconciliation is the only way to get something worth defending.

feeds right into the independent/tea party narrative

told McCaskill or some of the reasonable centrist senators neither he nor the DNC nor the dscc will help them , the president can't twist arms

the finance committee will pass a steaming pile of dung...

yes they will pass something and yes it will suck.

pre-emptively poo-pooing the finance committee would help the final product..

as opposed to Di-Fi who just today said the final bill will look like the finance committee product.

the individual committee bills do not have to reflect at all the final product...

do you think the final senate bill will look like the senate HELP committee bill?

I want reconciliation...

What I'm suggesting is pre-emptively delegitimizing
whatever the finance committee bill passes

"illegitimate"

http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009 09/12/grijalva-baucus-bill-has-no-legit imacy

who is running against a bunch of no names is polling at 40% as a GOP incumbent in NC.

yes.  Blue cross has 72% of the employer market and 90% of individual market in NC.

I think the public option would work