Democrats will overplay Kennedy's death as a rallying cry to pass healthcare reform and Republicans will successfully exploit it. Political geeks will get the reference: Paul Wellstone, redux.
I don't want another Paul Wellstone incident - look what it got us (Norm Coleman!). Although we did get a nice, long, drawn-out election this year in MN as a result...
Oh great - apparently I'm a political geek since I got the reference...
It is a shame that they didn't get the whole thing worked out before he died. He was obviously an imperfect man - but healthcare was his passion and he did some good things... He would have liked to see healthcare reform come to fruition.
I'm afraid it's already started.
ReplyDeleteI don't want another Paul Wellstone incident - look what it got us (Norm Coleman!). Although we did get a nice, long, drawn-out election this year in MN as a result...
ReplyDeleteOh great - apparently I'm a political geek since I got the reference...
It is a shame that they didn't get the whole thing worked out before he died. He was obviously an imperfect man - but healthcare was his passion and he did some good things... He would have liked to see healthcare reform come to fruition.
Yeah - I heard Rush "predicted" this... Which makes it worse.
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