Brown Wins it!

[Mike Sellers]

rgG wrote: I think it is still possible that the health care bill will get passed, but it has been so watered down that I'm not sure that it really matters.

Here's a scenario:

Realizing he doesn't have filibuster-proof majority any longer, Obama calls Lieberman into the Oval Office and suggests he plant a big, sloppy wet one on his derriere. The bill gets resubmitted with a public option and everything else that got tossed to appease Joe, Republicans start the filibuster and then the Democrats offer up a batch of consumer-friendly legislation like preventing banks from debiting the largest check first from your account when funds are low, which allows them to smack you with excessive bounced check fees. But this can't be voted on because the Republicans have dead-locked the Senate. After a couple of months of this, the Republicans will look like the Grinch who stole your kid's college fund and they'll eventually relent and allow a vote.

But this all depends on the Democrats growing a pair so don't hold your breath.