The word is that President Barack Hussein Obama should have a slam-dunk moving Healthcare reform through congress. He hold a majority in both houses and with the stolen election of Al Franken and the hush hush quick replacement of Ted Kennedy there is a filibuster proof senate. However, as Lee Corso likes to say “not so fast my friend.” The key is the mid term election which has more than a few democratic congressional representatives not wanting to hedge their bets on an election year. Depending on which poll you read Americans are not in favor of this plan and even the polls that say they are it is never close to 60%. This means 40% of the people in favorable poll would become an enemy; this makes the choice pretty easy to stand in decent. The easy call is the Senate Democrats that are from states that voted heavily against President Barack Hussein Obama last fall like Arkansas, Indiana, and Louisiana. For this to work he will need every possible vote. There is also a problem with Illinois Senator Burris who has been sharply criticized and forced to abandon hopes of winning election in 2010, as democrats will not back him, he is also a wildcard. They are also including Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut who elected as an Independent but has criticized the health care bill. The showdown is the asking these one the fence election year senators in the name of party loyalty, to vote to block a GOP filibuster of a health bill even if they plan to vote against the bill on final passage. The strategy might enable Democrats to muster the 60 votes needed on a crucial procedural question and then pass the bill with a simple majority.
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