https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2009/08/18/drudge-democrats-ready-to-go-it-alone-on-obamacare/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 20:33:36 -0400<![CDATA[A teaser for an NYT bombshell due out later. Normally I wouldn&#8217;t post on it until the article&#8217;s up but this can only mean that they&#8217;re going to go all out for the public option and use &#8220;reconciliation&#8221; if need be to nuke the filibuster in the Senate, no? Why cut the GOP out of negotiations only to settle for some watered-down alternative like co-ops? If you&#8217;re going to kick the minority party out of the room and anger half the country, you might as well make the bill as syrupy sweet to your own side as possible. And if that means having to take a precedent-setting step as draconian as reconciliation to deal with Blue Dogs like Ben Nelson who might not accept a public option, hey. Besides, Grassley and Jon Kyl all but told the Democrats today that they won&#8217;t vote for the final bill regardless of what&#8217;s in it, in which case it&#8217;s pointless for The One to keep making concessions. He might as well get the bill he wants, paint the GOP as &#8220;the party of no&#8221;, and hope that the inevitable ill effects of his program don&#8217;t appear before the midterms. Which they probably won&#8217;t.]]>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:22:30 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2009/08/18/drudge-democrats-ready-to-go-it-alone-on-obamacare-n163908