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Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Rich Galen :: Townhall.com Columnist
A Failure to Communicate
by Rich Galen
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Will the Dems' health care Christmas Present to America be an improvement or detriment to our health care system?


I said that makes it even worse.

Why? Because if I'm right, Biden was by-passed by the Obama team (probably Rahm Emanuel). Biden must not have known, because if he did know he would have insisted that "the requisite members of Congress" be informed.

If Wolf is right and Biden knew, then he must have told Obama that Rockefeller and/or Feinstein should be informed and Obama said, essentially, "the hell with them."

Either way, a failure to communicate.

Feinstein, by the way, took her ire out on everyone by breaking with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) in the matter of whether to seat Roland Burris for the position vacated by Obama as Senator from Illinois.

Sen. Reid is playing a losing hand on this thing. The Secretary of State will be forced to sign the certification by the Illinois Supreme Court and Burris will be seated.

Why Harry is making Burris stand, literally, out in the rain is beyond me.

According to Fox News, Feinstein asked, "Does [Gov. Rod Blagojevich] have the power, under law, to make the appointment? The answer is yes."

As Sen. Feinstein is also the Chair of the Senate Rules Committee, which has sway over whether or not to seat Burris, it would appear that her declaration settles the matter.

Unless… Unless Harry Reid isn't listening.

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Rich Galen has been a press secretary to Dan Quayle and Newt Gingrich. Rich Galen currently works as a journalist and writes at Mullings.com

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Date: Jan 8, 2009 - 9:31 AM EST
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When Luke says, Stop being so good to me boss.

The boss then beats him with his cane.
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Date: Jan 8, 2009 - 7:24 AM EST
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You know, one of my favorite parts of this column is usually the Secret Decoder Ring. It looks like Townhall just leaves that out. Sad.
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