Republican options are not being seriously considered. From a Democratic political standpoint, there’s little to recommend them. The Dems have to reconcile the differences within their own party to get anything passed, and they intend to do it through their normal routes (threaten to withhold future election support, promise pork, agree to support bills the holdouts want, etc.). They see no advantage in pissing off the trial lawyers or in incorporating anything the Republicans can later lay claim to.

Sadly, I think they are still misguided enough to believe their own press… that they will ultimately have public support once it is actually law, and opposition to what they are doing is manufactured.

there would be no need for any major govt involvement.

and this would indeed cure some of the Ills of the Health Insurance concerns people have…. Liberals have stated over and over and over how anything/everything has to solely work toward the goal of complete Socialized Medicine in the US and helping and/or empowering people doesn’t fit that goal. They may back down on some things and settle for just one or two more Liberal Incremental-ism steps toward their goals but never, unless they have some loophole to let Liberal States out of them or to undermine the effectiveness so they can demagogue them, allow any real solving/fixes of the problems. It is all, always, as we all know at RS, about having the options open to blame the FAILINGS of Liberal programs on others not allowing them to impliment their plans further and plenty of MORONS out there that buy into it each time.

or State Lines (States’ Rights, never) for that matter…. Having a “straight” line makes it too easy for folks to see what side of the line they are on! They have to keep the ambiguity to lie about!!!

I know, state the obvious

because it is then the same old game of being able to blame the Liberal Bill’s lack of doing things and actually making things WORSE on everyone not allowing them to have a complete takeover and excuse to push further.

that go along with the status quo. A critical mass lost their seats over it.

The new class of Republicans will be elected on conservative principals, not just a weak preference for the Elephant (Donkey-lite) over the Donkey.

At the risk of counting my chickens before they’re hatched, it’s possible that the purge of ’08 may turn out to be a good thing in the long run.

Conservatives as a group, not individualy allowed themselves to be pacified by Bushes “compasionate conservatism”. Now we have seen the easily foreseeable consequences and are no longer asleep. There is a new awareness that if we aren’t constantly vigilant and willing to fight for our freedom’s we will lose them entirely. It is too bad it had to get this far but we can’t change the past all we can do is fight for our children’s future.