tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post3042602716595196867..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Health Care Reform is Still on the Ropesmike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-30246963364520917872009-07-29T21:35:15.734-07:002009-07-29T21:35:15.734-07:00First, I think Waxman, Pelosi, and Rahm Emanuel di...First, I think Waxman, Pelosi, and Rahm Emanuel didn't actually think the Progressive Caucus would put up much resistance. After all, Pelosi and Waxman probably think just getting some Blue Dogs to back down on their refusal to vote for a public option was a victory in and of itself. As for Rahm, he probably didn't even care. He's more of a Blue Dog than anything else.<br /><br />As for the Senate, I'm pretty certain Reid tried to rein in Baucus but Baucus probably convinced himself that he was saving his party from its own liberalism or something.<br /><br />Its easy to criticize the Democratic leadership (especially Reid, you'd think after the Debacle with Daschle in 2004 they would have had enough sense to stop appointing Red State Democrats to leadership positions) but realistically, this is what happens when you have a Republican Party comprised entirely of conservative religious whites and a Democratic Party comprised entirely of everyone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com