Adam Green of the PCCC has decided that the White House has a loser mentality because they think the public option doesn't have the votes in the Senate.
Obama is telling America, "No, we can't." But we've been showing more and more each day, "Yes, we can" pass the public option. If President Obama doesn't think the votes exist in the Senate, he needs to name which senators would oppose it. If he can't or won't, there's no reason for House progressives to be part of the White House's loser mentality
I'll name names Mark Begich, Mark Pryor, Blanche Lincoln, Joe Lieberman, Tom Carper, Bill Nelson, Evan Bayh, Mary Landrieu, Claire Mccaskill, Jon Tester, Max Baucus, Ben Nelson, Kay Hagan, Byron Dorgan, Kent Conrad, Mark Warner, Jim Webb. There are 10 No votes in there for any type of a decent public option, 6 of those no votes are for sure.
Also don't forget Tom Harkin and Jay Rockefeller said they do not think this is the time for the public option because it's inclusion would scare needed moderate votes for the fixes in the House.
We're closer than we've ever been to comprehensive healthcare reform, a drastic increase in public and private insurance that will cover more than 30 million Americans. That's a win, a huge win. The 10,000 new community health centers will provide far more public good than the expensive compromise weak tea public option ever would. Even still President Obama promised this wouldn't be the end for a public option, it's just a no-go in this bill.
"He said the public option -- a well-known and long-standing progressive priority -- lacks enough Senate support to be included in the final package. However, he personally committed to pursue a public option after passage of the current bill."
What is Adam Green thinking? Does he believe the votes are there but Reid and Obama won't let them have it? Or does he believe the votes aren't there and Green just wants to know who to primary? Either way if you gave $$ to the PCCC, this is what it is paying for. And this.
On Salon Mike Madden includes more bullshit from Captain Progressive
If President Obama doesn't think the votes exist in the Senate, he needs to name which senators would oppose it. If he's too weak to stomach that, than he needs to get out of the way and let those who know how to fight lead the charge."
Seriously? Adam Green knows how to fight and Obama is afraid? What's going on people? A sternly worded letter writer is a fighter and the first black POTUS is a weakling? Fail. Massive fail again.