WHY!?!
WHY NO REAL HEATH CARE REFORM?
WHY IS PROGRESS SO HARD TO COME BY EVEN THOUGH REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN VOTED OUT OF THE MAJORITY?
BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE THE DEMOCRATS UNDERSTAND(AND SHARE) THIS.
- Because the GOP will always vote NO on bills they don't write. They don't compromise or cooperate. They obstruct.
- Because you need 60 votes (not 51) to get anything through the Senate and there are only 57 Democrats and 2 Independents including the sad case of "Traitor Joe" Lieberman. The numbers aren't there for real reform - yet!
- Because the Democratic party has divergent ideas and is not a lockstep obedient organization like the Republicans, to get 100% agreement is not only difficult but runs counter to a healthy democracy. Since the GOP has removed itself from serious debate - we have 1 party trying to do all the hard work. That's an almost impossible formula for coming up with thoughtful and useful legislation.
So, since the Democrats are numerically powerless to stop the GOP from stonewalling progress and reform, the only solution is to get more Democrats - especially progressive Democrats - in the Congress so we can have finally end the long entrenched grasp the Conservatives have on our collective throat.
The Republican know what they are doing. They want the whole process to look like a mess and for reform to be stalled or prevented. They want YOU to become so frustrated that you say "to hell with them all". That way they will get back into power and drag us backwards once again. Take it from someone who has followed this stuff forever. This is their plan. This is always what they do and unless all of us resist the temptation to give up on progress, they will once again prevail. Please don't let that happen.