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Dems: Failure to pass the socialized medicine bill will be the fault of the minority who are powerless to stop it

Um…what?  From Politico:

With their health care plans in a holding pattern — and no George W. Bush to kick around anymore — Democrats are casting about for somebody to blame.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn says that Republicans have “perfected ‘just say no.’” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said insurance companies are chalking up “immoral profits.”

But even if they won’t acknowledge it publicly, most Democrats in Congress know the truth: It’s their own colleagues who are slowing down progress in both the House and the Senate.

Back in 2005, Democrats made a concerted push to recruit conservative candidates to help them win in Republican-leaning districts. The strategy worked, propelling the party to power in 2006 and giving it a larger majority in 2008.

But now Democrats at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are grappling with the downside: To get health care reform through Congress, they’re going to have to get it past these new, more conservative members of their party — specifically, the seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee who have delayed consideration of the bill.

They do know that if every single Republican voted against MarxCare, it wouldn’t make any difference…so long as all of the Democrats voted for MarxCare.  They do know that, right?  Now while my math skills may be rudimentary, I do know that there are many more Dems in the House than there are Republicans.  Ergo, the GOP can’t stop Pelosi et al even if they wanted to.

July 28, 2009 - Posted by crushliberalism | health care, moonbats, Pelosi, socialism