The Politics of Health Care Reform

It's very hard to think. The liberals are too despondent now to vote for Obama again, but I would not be surprised if Obama picked Hillary to be his VP for the second term--however craven it might be, not many people could resist voting for such a power team. But, Clinton might say no. She will sooner leave a sinking ship than try to hitch her wagon to him. That's what I see.

A filibuster threat is more powerful than the filibuster itself, and that seems wrong to me. Senators should be allowed to filibuster 24 hours a day, as needed, rather than by merely threatening it--since filibustering is an exhausting activity--I guess the senators don't like to do anything exhausting. They would rather be pampered.

The teabaggers aren't very successful in stopping Obama because this plan isn't Obama's plan. Unlike Hillary, when HillaryCare worked against her, this plan is a product of Congressional legislation, plus a heaping dose of lobbyists' subsidies. Therefore, they're using the wrong playbook to oppose this legislation. They cannot hope to repeat the failure of 1993-94 unless they change their tactics.