Dem congressman: We may have as little as 201 votes for ObamaCare
posted at 7:35 pm on March 8, 2010 by Allahpundit
Big news, especially now that it looks like Reid has 50 for reconciliation. I’m not sure where he’s getting this number, actually. It may be that he’s simply basing it on Stupak’s claim about having 15 Democrats ready to vote no over abortion, but whatever the actual total, Cleaver sounds pretty sure that they’re short of 216 at this point.
Today’s head count? Ed already mentioned Dan Lipinski’s no vote. Kathy Dahlkemper, who was rumored to be part of Stupak’s coalition of no, now confirms that she is. Suzanne Kosmas, a Florida Dem, hasn’t committed yet either way but Geraghty makes the case that she’ll have no choice but to stick with no. Another fencesitter, John Adler of New Jersey, told ABC yesterday that he’ll have to vote no again too unless the House and Senate can work something out on cost containment. (A down note: In the same segment, Jason Altmire made it sound like he might tilt to yes.) Artur Davis was always planning to vote no given his run for governor in Alabama, but he confirmed today that he’ll take a break from campaigning to come back to D.C. and cast his nay. And then there’s this:
President Obama made an in-person push for health care reform in the Philadelphia suburb of Glenside today, but Hotline OnCall’s Reid Wilson notes that some vulnerable Democrats from Pennsylvania were not in attendance for his speech.
Democratic Reps. Patrick Murphy, Chris Carney, and Tim Holden did not attend the event. Meanwhile, Senate primary combatants Arlen Specter and Rep. Joe Sestak were there.
If red-district Dems are too afraid to have their picture taken with him, I don’t know where they’ll find the balls to vote for his bill. Anyway, here’s Cleaver; click the image to listen. Exit question: Did Scott Brown inadvertently make it easier to pass ObamaCare? I’m going to say no, but different media outlets deal with their grief over Massachusetts in different ways.
Update: Another admission. We don’t have the votes yet, says Anthony Weiner.
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At this stage, I cannot believe there is a single person in America who would believe one utterance of the lunatic-in-chief. It is perplexing; like some gigantic, cryptic cosmic puzzle. Yet, many, many people trust him, accept his imbecile utterances as sincere fact, back him up, excuse him,
support and defend him…this guy, without one ounce of integrity, ashamed of his own school records, voluptuous in ego and deceit and lying, his scornful mocking of anything
resembling sanity. That’s him. What gives?
betsyz on March 8, 2010 at 11:15 PM
Reid has to be lying (again)…There are too many dems up for re-election this Fall that know better than to vote YEA if they want to have a shot at being re-elected…
Blanche Lincoln (10 challengers)comes to mind…Mark, son of David, Pryor better be paying close attention ’cause he’s next…
Gohawgs on March 9, 2010 at 1:23 AM
The image you see from 2006-now is exactly what was in the minds and hearts of the nation’s voters. They are the enablers and funders of this tyranny. They really don’t want out either, or they’d look up from their iPhones for 5 minutes and get busy making some real noise. Sustak and all the other puppets of Chicago DC are dupes. But even more so are the voters.
leftnomore on March 9, 2010 at 4:36 AM
Having lived here in WPa all my life,I’m certain Altmire will be a Yes.Most people here don’t know how their representatives vote,all they care about is the Party,and the politicians here know it.So Altmire will change his vote to please Crazy Nancy,knowing his seat is safe.
DDT on March 9, 2010 at 7:10 AM
If Nelson and Landreiux can extract millions of dollars of money for their votes on the Senate Bill, I don’t understand why more members of the House aren’t blackmailing Nancy Pelosi for $$$$$$$$$$$$$ in exchange for yes votes, even if they’d previously voted yes on the dead, defunct, never-to-be-resurrected House bill.
olesparkie on March 9, 2010 at 7:43 AM
I don’t believe anything anymore. My take is until a vote is announced, they have = 216.
The rest is noise.
angryed on March 9, 2010 at 8:07 AM
Not sure what happened to my post above….
should have said until a vote is announced they have < 216. As soon as a vote is announced the have the 216.
The rest is noise and speculation that I cant trust either way, good or bad news.
angryed on March 9, 2010 at 8:08 AM
Democrats will be Democrats.
Sxyrzrbck on March 9, 2010 at 8:12 AM
The people that still trust this boob get all their news from the MSM and the lefty blogs. They don’t bother to look further than that for information because they’re either satisfied with what they get or they’re too lazy. And God forbid they should think for themselves.
n0doz on March 9, 2010 at 7:47 PM
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