Interesting Thoughts On The Health Care Bill

Good rundown of quotes about the bill. Check it out.

"Now that it's done, Barack Obama will go down in history as one of America's finest presidents."

"Republicans had bet that throwing everything into killing the bill would result in the bill's defeat. The entire strategy was predicated on killing the bill. Now that the bill has passed, it means that the health care system has been fundamentally changed, and there's no way -- and there will not be the votes -- to repeal it."

"Hard fought victories don't deplete political capital; they build it. And political wins themselves often have a catalyzing effect that shapes political opinion far more than we realize."

300th Post...Immigration

I hope you have liked the website. Immigration is going to the be marking the 300th post. Not skipping a beat, the house has introduced an immigration bill that will surely set off an ugly fight in congress. This probably won't be taken up until next year, but it is the initial volley of what is to be a telling fight.

Representative Luis V. Gutierrez, Democrat of Illinois introduced his bill saying that "Here, this is what we want; our proposal is out of the box,"

What does it have in it. "a path to legal status for millions of illegal immigrants." This will definitely anger repubs.

After dems pass health care and the economy starts moving upwards, this will definitely help the dems in the long run. The crazies on the right will come out of the woodwork like 3 years ago, and remind the entire country of the kind people in the repub party. This will hopefully drive independents towards the dems. The biggest obstacle for dems in the 2010 election is turnout. The right is energized, the left...not so much.

Troubling Retirements

Recently, 3 congressional dems have stated their intention to retire giving repubs possible easy pickups in the upcoming 2010 election. When the dems lost control of the house in 1994, they had 30 dems retiring.

Now, while we only have three, this does not mean it will continue to the point of 1994 levels. But it is troubling. The dems are meeting soon to discuss how to stop/slow the reps from retiring.