It seems that Reid and conservadems are negotiating more productively than we give them credit for.
Rockefeller and Durbin seem to be on board.
Below are the key quotes from Brian Beutler's TPMDC article yesterday.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...
"There's sort of a new initiative on the public option, which is highly useful, without saying anything more about it," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV). "There's going to be a group of people representing various points of view who are going to just closet themselves and try and resolve this so we can have something on the floor that can pass," he said.
Included in the meeting, according to Durbin, are the well-known public option skeptics, and, on the other side of the party, Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
"What I could support is something like a competitive community option...which would be triggered," Landrieu said. "Various moderates have slightly different versions of that."
"That's where the discussion is right now," Landrieu added. "There has to be a decision soon."
It seems that they realize that not passing a bill is not an option.
Anyone have any news on what this new compromise of a compromise is?