"Ted Kennedy's dream of quality health care for all Americans will be made real this year because of his leadership and his inspiration," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a statement.
Pelosi was joined by former Vice President Al Gore and CEO of the National Coalition on Health Care, Ralph G. Neas, who, according to ABC News, said the following: “You've heard of 'win one for the Gipper'? There is going to be an atmosphere of 'win one for Teddy.'”
Kennedy, who has yet to be interred, is now being used by the Democrat Party he loved to the end; a tactic they hope will rally the nation around the increasingly unpopular Health Care Reform Bill. The Plan’s popularity has decreased significantly over the summer – as of the 19th of August, 34% of those polled support the bill, with a stunning 57% rejecting the proposal, including Democrats.
Other efforts made by the administration to manufacture support for the plan, include staged pro-health care rallies which were organized by Obama’s Still Active Political Campaign, Organizing for America, otherwise known as “My Barack Obama.com”. These pro-health care protests against health care protests will take place in 500 cities nationwide in an attempt to prove “majority support” for the plan.
Meanwhile, if one should be inclined to Google, “Health Care Protests”, using “Google News”, one finds that the Protests against the proposed bill continue unabated at town hall meetings nationwide. In fact, the opposition has become so strong, and the Democrat Party so desperate, that a recent event in Colorado where two Democrat’s vandalized a Democratic Party headquarters office in Denver with anti-health care reform signs, was blamed on “Republican Activists (or anti-reform protestors). (One would think a “Republican Activist” would not take a check from the DNC and/or be arrested for over the top protests at the RNC convention in (Video here)2008.)
Locations of remaining Town Hall Events can be found here in PDF format, with Republican Legislators Town Hall Meetings here. In addition to meetings planned by the legislators themselves, groups such as the 912 Project which is a bi-partisan coalition, have rally’s planned in continued opposition to the Obama administrations plan. These 912 Groups have been formed by independents, democrats, libertarians and Republicans in answer to the continued decline in America, including the failed Stimulus Program, high unemployment rates, the erosion of individual rights and health care reform. In other words, these are citizen coalitions formed by regular people, not paid party activist.
Therefore, once the people rejected the Obama Health Care Program (and continue to do so), the administration planned transparent pro-health reform protests, and then, as erosion for the bill has hit the senate and the house, (they do not have enough votes to pass in either house of Congress), they use an American Icon, not yet buried, in a crass attempt to get the bill through both chambers. Other options, (seeing that they do not have a majority in the Senate, even had Kennedy been alive and well), were to use the budget reconciliation option in order to sneak the bill past the U.S. populace by using a “simple majority” vote One can assume, since chatter on that has ceased, they do not have the 50 votes necessary to push this through – therefore, roll out the dead man. Would Ted Kennedy have approved, more than likely; that said, his constituents, even in the die-hard blue state of Massachusetts, are against this plan – the game plan remains in the minds of the majority – should a member of the House or Senate, regardless of Party (see Olympia Snow (R-ME) most likely Republican to pull an Specter), vote for this bill against the wishes of the majority of their constituents, they will add an additional burden to the 16% real unemployment rate the nation is currently enjoying. Additionally, one would think that these members also have access to news, let alone angry constituents who have made it clear that they must choose between party ideology or their job, which may be causing more than one Democrat to rethink their position, despite, Ms. Pelosi’s use of a recently deceased icon.
Note: Although Barney Frank (MA-D) U.S. House Member, has told NRP that he would not seek the Senate Seat, which politician, when offered (should the Mass. Laws change again), an appointment by the Governor (sic. Obama, via Axelrod, via Patrick) would decline? Additionally, the argument that should Frank move to the Senate power and positions would be lost is moot – the Democrat Party, in control of both the House and the Senate, can name Frank to any position that they choose, and fill the Committees and Chairs that Frank currently enjoys with anyone they choose. Patrick Kennedy’s name has also been bandied about as has Joe Kennedy’s, but they lack the experience and the political savvy of Barney Frank, and would not be as effective a tool for the administration and the Party.
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