in the Senate now I am sure God is wondering why I am asking just for this particular thing everyday but nonetheless I do

I did call Warner’s office this week and it took me all week to actually speak to a person and I let her know that my father-in-law who was a lifelong Republican said that Warner would govern in office as a moderate and thought he would make a good Senator before he passed this past year and that the four members of my household all voting age..heh…wanted him to vote to keep the governments hands OFF OUR HEALTHCARE! I let them know that other then the military there is NOTHING the government runs even a little well. According to the young lady “he has not decided” which of course is a LIE.

We shall see how is all plays out but I think calling your Senator’s day after day after day until it DIES is not unreasonable to do.

Wanted to reduce the deficit? Look at the trillions in savings from dumping health care — And then doing something real to fix the problems with it, like junk lawsuit reform. The “jackpot justice” that made Edwards rich.

I have along time lawyer friend who says that “jackpot justice” health related lawsuits are killing the legal system. One thing he suggests is simply loser pays.

There’s only about 10 “deep” blue states where ObamaCare is marginally supported, with 35-40 states that are adamantly against this.

Most Democrat Senators know they’re going to take a hit on this bill if they’re forced to vote on it, they just want someone else to take the fall for killing it.

Too many variables right now.

“Maybe by November they’ll have forgotten, they always do.”
Wrong again.

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I’m not going to believe that this is a dead issue until this is brought to the Senate. As Erick Brockway, the Democrats are counting on short memories.

ObamaCare is not one of them.

Need to stand now. If they succumb to the pressure of Obamacare then it will be a free for all on Immigration Reform, Cap and Tax, and more takeover of the business sector. Senator Bayh should keep in mind Obama has already short changed some of his constituents with the Chrysler bankruptcy and he and the other moderates won’t mean anything in order for Obama to get what he wants.

#1: ObamaCare is not dead and like a vampire will never be dead unless a conservative run either the Congress or the White House. They have, alas, until Dec 2010 to do something.

#2: Dems will face a DISASTER next year if all they do is pass a budget-busting ObamaCare monstrosity and show up in Nov 2010 with trillion dollar deficits and double-digit unemployment:

“A CNN poll released Nov. 6 found that 47% of Americans believe the top issue facing the country is the economy, while only 17% say its health care. However, the bulk of the president’s efforts over the past six months have been not on the economy but on health care, an issue in which he continues to draw negative ratings.”

#3: The way out for Dems (or they are thinking this way now) is the PIVOT – pass ObamaCare now to placate the base, then PIVOT to focus on the economy and deficit to sound like they are addressing those anti-Big Govt and deficit concerns. Of course since ObamaCare has a hidden $3 trillion / 10 year price tag, the one thing they can do to is simply NOT DO OBAMACARE and that would do more than anything else to address the deficit/spending issues.

#4: The way forward for the GOP is to simply make every single legislative item as extended a battle as possible. Filibuster EVERYTHING, play every parliamentary trick possible to slow everything down…

bogging everything down will force the Obama side away from the pivot strategy and into the ‘ballast’ strategy – they will start throwing the agenda overboard to get a lift in Nov 2010…

#5. they may want to fit in a second-stimulus too – GREAT! – that’s an opportunity to take them off these other items and to get GOP agenda items of tax and regulation relief, ie 2010 campaign items, ON the table. We should be ready.

Conclusion:
Delay helps us. A delayed bill screws up the Dem pacing and strategy big-time. Even if we are forced to have ObamaCare in the Spring of 2010, the Dems may throw in the towel on Amnesty and Cap-and-trade and union card check, simply because they wont want that 35 seat Dem loss to turn into 55 seat Dem loss in Nov 2010. but go look back at #2, they wont be in great shape AT ALL if all they have if ObamaCare as their signature accomplishment and FUNemployment remains bad.

THE GOP MUST BE 100% FOCUSSED RIGHT NOW ON FORCING A DELAY OF EVERY OBAMA AGENDA ITEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

…that after all the political capital that was invested in the push in the House, that this administration is going to let it die in the Senate? Has Barry backed off from anything that he really wants?

I realize that this sounds extremely cynical, but have we not already seen other members of Congress suddenly lose their convictions when the White House makes a call?

This is a make or break proposition for the current administration. They have to get it done no matter what.

But if Obama is 95 percent of the way there in the Senate (57 out of 60 votes), then he is gonna get it done. That is just too close to allow it to fail. 3 measly votes? Three? Please. They will get those three votes, because they haven’t come all this way to let it die at the hand of a few red state rubes like Nelson and Landrieu.

John McCain won AR 59% to 39% and if the election were held today McCain would likely win by an even larger margin. Lincoln is very likely to lose her seat next year just by virtue of being a Democrat. Obamacare is widely opposed here in AR so if Lincoln votes for it anyway I want an investigation launched into her finances and any potential promises regarding her post-Congressional career offers.

There is simply no reason for her to go against the wishes of Arkansans unless she is expecting a payoff. None.

I will write to the state paper, the AG, anyone necessary to have her investigated.

She should be a solid no.

I usually laugh when I hear silly conspiracy theories, but I really could see a situation where a Soros-type, wealthy liberal fundraiser makes an offer even a sitting Senator can’t refuse. For a lot of these Senators, the big money comes once they leave the Senate, so they’re looking forward to those type of jobs anyway.

I could see a group of liberal fundraisers creating some new PAC and offers the top job to a “retiring” Senator. Or an incredible offer at a top law firm, lobbying firm, i-bank, hedge fund, etc.

If someone like Soros is willing to throw down a few hundred million for all sorts of liberal causes, do really think it’s impossible for someone to buy off a Senator? This is the holy grail of the Left, and they’ve never been this close.

I think our saving grace is a lot more Democrat Senators than just 3 want this to fail. If 57 Democrat Senators really wanted this thing to pass, I think they could find a way.

How long is the House’s passed bill ‘active’ or ‘live’ before it would require a revote? Does it simply sit out there forever, until the Senate decides to act?

Same question w/ the previously passed cap-and-trade bill the house passed.

TYIA

An amendment could be attached to the bill stating, “All provisions of this law shall be null and void if a majority of the voters do not vote in favor of it on election day, November 2010.”

I believe she joined with Snowe in the Finance Committee, but it doesn’t appear that bill will make it to the floor unless Reid changes his mind.

If it DOES come to the senate floor, what are the odds are that it gets passed?

some Republicans will not be able to resist and will follow the lead of the Dems. Like a moth to a flame. The same flames that will burn as Emperor Obama fiddles.

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When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.
-Ronald Reagan
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It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority
keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.
-Samuel Adams

Here’s a question: What’s the most effective method of contacting your Senator? Do they and their staff pay more attention to one or the other: E-mail, phone calls, fax, snail mail?

And what about contacting their DC office or regional offices?

Or is the answer “all of the above!”