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It seems very likely that if Obamacare is going to be stopped, it will have to happen in the House. And that means turning some of supporters the deeply unpopular bill into opponents with at least enough spine to tell Nancy Pelosi and the president "No."
Thus the two lists below. The first list is of all the so-called "Blue Dogs," the alleged "moderate Democrats" in the House. Many refused to vote for Obamacare the first time around, and they need to be bucked up and made to understand that their hopes of re-election depend upon continuing to stand against the...
Stopping Obamacare in the House
For the last year (prior to Scott Brown's election) the republicans have been completely powerless to stop health care or any other bill that the democratic majority cared to pass and president Obama cared to sign. Despite all the posturing the problem all along has been that the health care bills (house and senate both) have been so driven by the left wing of the DEMOCRATIC party that despite commanding majorities in both houses they have been unable to get enough DEMOCRATS together to pass them. As a result they have had to whine that the evil republicans refusal to make up the shortfall of votes that thier own majority cannot sustain is therefore obstructionist and just plain evil. Then when the...