MB Civic

the outcome of the House vote on the health care bill is going to come down to how many liberals vote against it because it doesn’t have a public option, and how many blue dogs vote against it because they’re in tough GOP-leaning districts .. Jane has a score sheet

Rahm never worries about the progressives because they have no financial base and they’re in strong Democratic districts, so they risk a lot less voting for a bailout than those in close seats. This time around, there may be enough progressives who are willing to join with the Blue Dogs and vote against a bill with a mandate, but no public option alternative, to push it over the top … The Democrats in the House know that they are looking at a 2010 bloodbath over this vote, and neither progressives nor Blue Dogs will pay a price for voting “no” on a bill that forces Americans to pay almost as much to private corporations as they do in federal income tax, with no public option as an alternative

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