Informed sources report that President Obama will hold closed-door meetings with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and other “key” Congressional leaders and Administration advisers in a remote corner of the White House basement next week. The topic of conversation will be how to get the Government-Run Health Care Bill passed in its present form without jeopardizing the re-election prospects for Pelosi and Reid in particular. Some bloggers and “thinkers” speculate that Obama will take a more “hands on” approach…more ownership of the package to relieve Pelosi and Reid of some of the “heat.”
COMMENTS:
Anyone who thinks that Obama has not been at the helm of this package all along doesn’t really understand Washington politics, or “Obama-tolics” in particular. And reports that Obama is now willing to consider dropping the “option” are purely wishful thinking. If you are wondering what will happen, look for Obama to get down to Chicago-style hardball tactics, and look for an attempt to get the “new” “Kennedy National Health Care Plan” passed by September 30th before anyone has a chance to read it and to evaluate its contents. A clue: Nancy Pelosi yesterday insisted that the plan will be passed and that it will have the optional provision intact, as is.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Why hasn’t Obama responded to the Glenn Beck charges of corruption, influence peddling, and anti-American activities in the White House? (Diana – Grass Valley, CA)
A. Because Beck has the proof, and Obama is hoping Beck’s charges will dry up and blow away if he doesn’t respond to them publicly. Behind the scenes, there is a full-court press on not only to get rid of Beck on Fox, but to deprive him of American broadcast access forever and ever. Where I come from, they call it “censorship.”
Q. I heard that former major-league pitcher Curt Schilling may run as a Republican for Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat. What are his chances? - (Garth – Banning, CA)
A. That all depends on how he reacts to a totally different variety of “swingers.”
Q. I hear that Harry Reid refused to allow “uninvited guests” into one of his Town Hall meetings. How can he do that with taxpayer money? (Benny - Laughlin, NV)
A. Harry thinks he sits on the right hand of the messiah.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.” – Andrew Jackson
TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXLQ2RPLO78&feature=PlayList&p=770E777003405068&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=19
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