Reply #134: "We just didn't have the votes." Waaa waaa waaa!

[MsPithy]

If a president backs a policy, HE FUCKING GETS THE VOTES! Reid and Pelosi could have wielded a pretty big stick if the President had said I'll VETO health care reform if it does not have the public option. It saves money and provides competition for the corporations and 70% of Americans want it! Then Reid could have TAKEN CHAIRMANSHIPS AWAY if blue dogs didn't come around! The next threat would have been to support primary challengers. Which brings me to your point # 2.

IF OBAMA HAD ANY INTENTION OF ELECTING MORE LIBERALS TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, WHY DIDN'T HE SUPPORT HALTER IN AR, OR ROMANOFF IN CO?

If, after all this hard ball politics the public option still went down to defeat, I would still be a Democrat, because Obama would have fought his heart out, I respect that even more than getting the outcome I desire. As it stands now, I don't think there is any Democratic policy or Constitutional right Obama won't give away in the beginning of a negotiation!