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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
It's funny how we all argue about this
But at least we have the choice of doing so
If the president can get something this big thru without a vote, or by going around the rules, then we have as a nation already lost because with all the people that have spoken out among it, all the polls showing that they don't want this, then our freedom has just been take away from us.
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Actually, it will most likely pass on a vote. The bill that they are voting on is the senate bill. It passed the senate and now Pelosi and company are trying to get it through the house. So it will get a vote and pass on a vote. But it will be done with a lot of backroom deals and there will be a lot of amendments to the bill brought forth to help make good on the promises that were made to these people in order to get them to vote for it. What is already a mess, will only become a bigger mess.
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We're going to get a repeat of history, the last time this happened it was to Clinton, but I don't think the voters are going to be as nice this time. Too bad, as a nation under Clinton and a GOP house and senate, our economy did pretty damn good, people had jobs, Business was going pretty good, the everything went in the deep hole, first Bush, then a Democratic congress and House that ran on the promise of change, well we got the change. The country ain't doing well and after over a year we have a president that has not addressed our concerns over health-care, even in an interview, he just stuck to sales mode, not answering the questions. At Least the new version we can all read, 2700 pages worth, good luck with that, anyone that says they understand it or think it's going to do good is full of shit, you have NO idea what it's going to do, you're just trusting the government, not just the liberal side, both sides, because do you think the democrats will always be in charge?
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I think the republicans will win more seats back, but I'm not too sure that they will take both the house and senate back over. They might get one or the other, but right now there is still a reasonably strong anti-republican sentiment out there. According to Rasmussen right now about about 34% of the people see democrats in a favorable light while only 27% see republicans favorably. The tea party gets a 21% favorably rating. I have said before and still believe that the tea party is just another wing of he republicans, but it is yet unproven that the republicans can wrangle them into voting for them at the moment. I won't be shocked to see some independent candidates win this November and I won't be shocked to see the democrats hold onto both the house and senate but by much smaller margins.
I do agree with you though that having one party hold the house and senate and the other the white house is probably the best way to go because it forces them to work together and find common ground.