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Mercnbeth -> RE: RETREAT: TEAM OBAMA DROPS 'PUBLIC OPTION' (8/18/2009 7:34:22 AM)
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It's all but over...
From the 'Blue Dog' Democrat, Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Florida; quote:
He emphasized to the skeptical crowds that he will work to reduce quickly-rising medical costs; that any bill must not add to the deficit; and that Blue Dogs like himself fought to delay consideration by the full House of Representatives to allow members to hear directly from constituents during the August recess.
When a questioner, Ray Evans, said he believed the President wants to do too much at once and asked whether Boyd would "be willing to scrap everything" and start over to do pursue reform more incrementally, the congressman responded: "I think that is an excellent idea … we may end up there." FROM THE RIGHT WING
From the 'Progressive Caucus' (They don't like the implications of the word liberal, so they changed their label. The sub/slave intellectual mass-debaters should love that.) quote:
“To take the public option off the table would be a grave error; passage in the House of Representatives depends upon inclusion of it,” wrote Reps. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) in a letter to Sebelius Monday.
Along with their sharply worded letter, the three House members sent an attachment listing the “60 Members of Congress who are firm in their position that any legislation that moves forward through both chambers, and into a final proposal for the president's signature, MUST contain a public option.”
Even if top aides didn’t intend to do it, the White House got a glimpse of what may well happen — a Democratic civil war — if President Barack Obama does indeed give up on the public option. FROM THE LEFT WING
No need to reference any of the Republican positions since their numbers, at least for now, are inconsequential.
So.... what's next for the Administration? Based upon the post regarding Afghanistan and Iraq; there is a huge influx of war supporters (NEOCONs?) since the Administration and Congressional plurality changed. Since the party in power and their constituents favor the ongoing allocation of personnel and economic resources going for the occupation and military intervention in sovereign lands; I'll exclude that issue from consideration and stipulate to the positions of the other thread - Gun-Ho!
However, what about UNEMPLOYMENT? quote:
Among the major worker groups, unemployment rates for adult men (9.8 percent), adult women (7.5 percent), teenagers (23.8 percent), whites (8.6 percent), blacks (14.5 percent), and Hispanics (12.3 percent) were little changed in July. The unemployment rate for Asians was 8.3 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) rose by 584,000 over the month to 5.0 million. In July, 1 in 3 unemployed persons were jobless for 27 weeks or more. (See table A-9.)
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