Legal Commentary

The Delusional Pass The Senate Stand Alone Bill Movement

By Big Tent Democrat

Ah, the "reality based community" is at it again.

They want the House to pass the Senate Stand Alone Health bill. My word, even the Villagers have given up on that one. They know it is impossible. Pelosi is 100 votes short for that.

But the delusional Pass The Stand Alone Senate Bill folks will be whining soon - about Howard Dean, about the Progressive Caucus, about Jane Hamsher - you name it. But they'll never complain about the political geniuses who stand in the way of passage of the Senate bill - the excise tax purists who would rather kill the bill than eliminate or modify the excise tax.

Here's the thing - it does not matter what they say, or I say, or what the Village says - if they want to pass the Senate bill, they'll need to gut the excise tax. It is the only chance for passage in the House. The alternative is incessant whining.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on February 07, 2010 (boomark / email).