Following the advice of former President Clinton to speed things along, Harry Reid filed a motion to start debate next Monday the 16th. The Republicans can object which will delay things till Tuesday. Former President Clinton is afraid the "teabaggers" will win the debate if the Senate delays the health care bill any longer. Actually, he says they are mad because they are losing the debate, but his actions belie his words. So, being a good soldier Harry Reid will introduce his vapor bill and debate will begin next week. It's called a vapor bill because it hasn't even been written yet. They will be debating a bill to nationalize one fifth of our economy and the public won't be able to read the fine print.
Why are the Democrats in such a rush to pass a bill? Todays numbers from Gallup have the Republicans winning the Generic Congressional ballot by 4 points. More importantly they win independents 52-30. Harry Reid is so desperate because he knows the longer they take to vote, the more time the American public has to learn what the Democrats are trying to do to their health care. The last thing Harry Reid can afford is for his caucus to go home for Thanksgiving and be confronted by angry voters. Sens. Nelson, Bayh, Lincoln etc. may decide they would rather stay in office than realize the progressives' dream of socializing American medicine and not be around to enjoy the benefits of greater government control over its citizens.
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