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March 18, 2010 Which side in health care battle is bi-partisan?
All the news and drama about whether Pelosi and Obama can find enough votes to pass Obamacare in congress says more about Democrat partisanship and disunity than Republican obstruction.
In fact, there hasn't been a whole lot of talk from either the media, the Democratic leadership, or the White House about Republican obstructionism since Obama gave the OK to use reconciliation to try and pass his signature initiative. Looking at the health care battle in a purely political sense, there are two clear sides in this fight, the partisan Democrat support for the bill and the bipartisan effort by Republicans and Democrats to kill the bill. As it currently stands, the vote count at electoral-vote.com has 198 Democrats voting yes and 178 Republicans and 20 Democrats voting no with 40 Democrats on the fence. Now unless I'm missing something, it looks like there is overwhelming bipartisan support against this health care bill. No matter how you slice it, even if the bill passes with 216 Democrat votes, that still leaves a bipartisan coalition of 178 Republicans and 37 Democrats opposing Obamacare. I believe those Americas who elected Barack Obama did so partly on his promise to end partisanship in Washington. As a self-acclaimed bipartisan President, it's very transparent that Obama has shown himself to be no more than aother Chicago style politician. So what words will the president read from his teleprompter at the signing ceremony of Obamacare? Will he dare mention bipartisanship? Neil Braithwaite writes political commentary and satire and is a regular contributor to PoliticalDerby.com. |
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