Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Ed Norton to President Obama's Ralph Kramden these past few days, has called for a press conference this morning, where it is expected that he will publicly announce his switch from "no" to "yes" for the Senate Health Care "Reform" bill.
A ride in Air Force One is apparently all it takes - that and assurances that the public option will be put back in play.
Here's what Rep. Kucinich said just 10 days ago about the push to getting any bill passed to build upon:
"You're building on sand. There's no structure here. You're building on a foundation of privatization of our health care system. That's the problem. The insurance companies are the problem. They're nothing to build on."
He's right about one thing - I'm not seeing any structure here.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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Will Hammer be coming down for breakfast this morning?
Rep. Kucinich did look very uncomfortable during the brief shot of him with the President in Ohio. You have to appreciate his desire to stand on principle on a number of occasions but this flip-flop? Nothing has changed, it's a crappy bill and scapegoating insurance companies is interesting but what about the drug companies? Oh, they already did their "drug deal" behind closed doors last year with the President.
I'm wondering what will come first...the news that Glenn Nye (VA-02, and a no last winter) will suddenly be flipping to yes, or the news that the Hampton Roads carrier move to Mayport is suddenly cancelled.
Watching Bret Baier interview The One and Bret is weaker than almost anybody i can think of. He is allowing the president to monopolize and not answer any questions. What a wimp.
Watching Bret Baier interview The One and Bret is weaker than almost anybody i can think of. He is allowing the president to monopolize and not answer any questions. What a wimp.
Bill_C - Why is scapegoating the insurance companies interesting? I can't discern your context. Interesting as in, it's the right thing to do [to go after the insurance companies] or as in it's a smart tactical diversion designed to placate the mindless masses who find some sort of hollow satisfaction in blaming companies for all evils not otherwise attributable to GWB? If the latter, we're in agreement.
Mudge,
Interesting in it's a diversion from the real problems of health spending. Insurance companies are at the bottom of the ladder of health service companies in net profits (about 4%) compared to drug companies (about 22%). It's convenient to hammer them but it will not solve the problem. Even the example of the women in Ohio, claiming her premium is now so much higher. The outrage of this! What most skip over is that the drugs she needs for treatment doubled in price but there was no mention of the drug companies. Again, the drug industry beat all others to the table with the President and now gets a free pass. This current legislation will do nothing to reign in costs because it does not address cost, only cover.
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