Now I know that campaigning for President and actually governing are very different, but Obama is starting to be held accountable for now following through. On 8 separate occasions, Obama said during the campaign that the healthcare debate would be on CSPAN, so the public would know where everybody stands, what concessions are being made, etc.
Now that the public has such little support over Obamacare, there has been ZERO TV coverage. In fact, the Democrats and the administration haven't even allowed it to go to conference for debate. In other words, the Democrat leadership (Durbin, Reid, Emmanuel, Pelosi) are meeting in private rooms, hashing out the final bill.
Also, didn't Obama promise to be a uniter? He has ZERO bipartisan support for this bill. ZERO!! Comparison sake-- On any decent or big bill W. had in the last 8 years, (tax cuts, No Child Left Behind, Iraq War), he had more than 10 Democrat Senators on board for each.
Finally, Obama complained during the campaign that Bush had bills that were voted on, and didn't allow enough time for debate. Mr. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle. Obama is the hypocrite of all hypocrites. As mentioned above, there has been no floor debate on this in the Senate.
One other thing-- Even a few Democrat Senators (Nelson, Landreau) weren't liking this bill. That is until they whored themselves out for special things for their states. For instance, Nelson got Nebraska 100 Million in payments the rest of the country, not Nebraska will have to pay for in Medicare for Cornhusker citizens. It may sound good for his state, but they rejected it. By over 2 to 1, they oppose it, and now Nelson. By the way, Nelson is a dead man walking when his term is due in 2010.
