Originally Posted By: iggy
Gotta disagree. Playing to their base will lose them the independents that made the Obama victory possible. Many are already moving away to do this reconciliation crap would be to have them move directly into the Republican tent. I know Dean thinks that if they ram it through then it will lead to Republicans getting slaughtered in '10. But, I don't but it. It will only be a little over a year for the reforms to kick in and fundamentally change things for the better. I don't see it unfolding that quickly. And, with people against this thing and Obama's approval rating plummeting, I think it would be Dem suicide. That said...


go for it.


I don't think the GOP will get slaughtered '10 if they pass a decent bill but I think it would help Dems more than hurt. The Dems chickened out in the 90's on this and it didn't help them in the next election cycle.

Fair play!