Sorry to be the breaker of bad news, but report after report says the same thing.
Your hero, Mr. Perfect Hope of Liberals, Barack Obama DOES NOT support the public option. He is more interested in passing a bad bill to tick off HCR in his checklist than passing meaningful reform. If you think this is wrong, then please feel free to show some evidence of an actual full-throated support of even an opt-out version of the Public Option from Barack Obama.
Harry Reid, the favourite whipping boy of DailyKos is the person who is actually making the push for a Public Option. And what has he gotten in response from the White House:
According to Todd, the White House is telling Reid, "You're the vote counter, but don't come crying to us when you need that last vote. That said, I've also been told, OK right now it's this 'opt-out,' the compromise could end up being the 'opt-in' and maybe this is what Reid was doing here--going with the 'opt-out' so the 'opt-in' was the compromise rather than the trigger being the compromise."
Yep, this is your new progressive White House. Like I said, DailyKos owes Reid an apology for at least fighting for the Public Option. Unlike Obama, who has done nothing to push it but you all are still on his jock. Shame on you.
More here:
TalkingPointsMemo
Expect a followup diary from the Obama defenders here:
'What is wrong with TalkingPointsMemo'
Update: I am happy to be proven wrong, everyone cursing me or maligning Chuck Todd, here's an easy solution:
Find me one, JUST ONE story that reports that Obama told Harry Reid that he's behind him on the Public Option. If you can find even one anonymous sourced. I will gladly apologize and never post another diary.