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WOW: Nelson And Lieberman: No Public Option Of Any Kind. UPDATE: Megan McArdle: At this poin?

By Glenn Reynolds

WOW: Nelson And Lieberman: No Public Option Of Any Kind.

UPDATE: Megan McArdle:

At this point it’s hard to see them getting to sixty votes on anything. Frankly, I’m not sure that a majority of legislators want them to get to sixty votes on anything. Every time health care makes the news, its poll numbers drop further, and at 54-38 against, it’s already dangerously close to “Republican landslide if you pass it” territory. Outside of coastal enclaves, Democrats cannot win the next round of elections with no one but their base. And independents, already against the plan, especially hate partisanship. This makes it especially unhealthy to pass a bill they don’t like on a straight party line vote.

It’s a quagmire. Declare victory and get out.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on December 14, 2009 (boomark / email).