Kamikaze Politics: Dems Planning on Reconciliation

Apparently nothing was accomplished at the bipartisan health care summit today and now the Democrats are vowing to pursue reconcilition to push through the $950 billion "big bill." Wait. You mean they didn't iron out a bipartisan health care plan during a six hour summit? Shocking. The entire dog and pony show was to allow the administration to claim that it tried to legislate legitimately, but the Republicans were so rigid that they had no choice but to ram through Obama's gigantic health care entitlement disguised as a budgetary measure. If reconciliation is attempted, it will be the biggest example of political suicide committed by a party that our country has ever witnessed as only 25% of people questioned in a CNN poll said Congress should pass legislation similar to the bills passed by both chambers, while 48% said lawmakers should work on an entirely new bill and 25% wanted Congress to stop all efforts on health care reform. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/24/cnn-poll-health-care-provisions-popular-but-overall-bills-unpopular/?fbid=rHs6bcIySC4 Oh, and the best part? Obama decried reconciliation when used by Republicans when in power. So much for not being hypocritical. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/stop_whining_about_the_filibuster_0m7VeNSeIk54BzSTJK5yAK Apparently, though, Eric Cantor says despite their best efforts, the big bill won't garner the votes in the House to pass. I am holding onto this hope as the Dems seem hellbent on this kamizaze flight. http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjgxNDEzMWFhMzg0OTNhZmZiNjNkYmM3YzMwNzg1MWE