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By: The Greenroom » Forum Archive » ObamaCare: The Back Room

The Greenroom » Forum Archive » ObamaCare: The Back Room — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:39:42 +0000

[...] there will be… Sen. Olympia Snowe, who will bring her own agenda and tilt the negotiations in ways likely to give liberal Democrats heartburn. The decision to [...]

By: phreshone

phreshone — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:55:41 +0000

I’m guess Liebs is smart enough to know that they call Hartford, CT the ‘Insurance City’ for a reason… Health Care ‘Reform’ as currently presented by the demo-rats would mean a Connecticut depression approaching that of Michigan…

By: CK MacLeod

CK MacLeod — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:37:39 +0000

belad on October 14, 2009 at 3:52 PM

Heaven knows what Maine makes – lobsters? – but you’re probably going to have to live without it until Snowe decides to retire (and is replaced by someone or -thing a lot worse). She received 74% of the vote in 2006.

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Blue Dogs on Snowe’s ObamaCare vote: Who cares?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:16:07 +0000

[...] This is as much of a no-brainer as Snowe’s own yes vote. Why would the Blue Dogs say yes or no now when there’s still so much negotiation to come? Committing this soon only decreases your influence over the final product; so long as The One’s nervous about losing 60 and committed to keeping everyone happy, Nelson and Pryor can more or less set their terms. In fact, to the extent that Snowe’s vote lays down a marker about how far left the bill can go before it becomes too far left, it’s actually a help to the GOP. Politico’s already warning about a Democratic civil war if House progressives decide that Baucus’s plan isn’t nearly socialist enough for their tastes. If Reid buckles and includes a public option, Snowe walks away, the Blue Dogs are denied their political cover, and all hell breaks loose between the centrists and the left. Like her or not, given the electoral realities in the Senate, yesterday’s yes vote isn’t the worst thing that could have happened to fiscal conservatives. Quoth Karl: Snowementum! [...]

By: belad

belad — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:52:55 +0000

Olympia Snowe is demonstrating the arrogance and hubris of 99.9999999% of the inhabitants inside the beltway. Its just another reason to mark Maine and Maine products off the list of places to go or things to buy until the folks in Maine get a little smarter and remove her from office.

By: Caiwyn

Caiwyn — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:38:54 +0000

Given the likelihood that the merged bill Sen. Maj. Ldr. Harry Reid plans to bring to the floor will end up more to the Left than the Baucus vapor bill, her committee vote is a nice CYA move with her constituents, and one Democrats may come to despise in the future more than Republicans do in the present.

You make an interesting point, Karl. All eyes are on her now, I guess. But I sure don’t like not knowing if I can trust her to vote against this garbage.

By: Blacksmith

Blacksmith — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:33:44 +0000

If Lieberman does not support the vapor bill, he may end up backing the GOP on the floor more often than Snowe.

Hubris, thy name is “Senator.”

By: Hening

Hening — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:21:50 +0000

Maine is truly stuck on stupid electing this ego centric person over and over, and the State’s Republican caucus allows her to run unchallenged since she has an “R” next to her name.

By: bopbottle

bopbottle — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:26:35 +0000

I think we may see an increase in the un-insured under Obamacare. Premiums going through the roof will force people to cancel their insurance and jump back in when an illness arises.