So, Republican senator Olympia Snowe has announced she’ll vote for the Baucus committee health plan.
You know what’s absurd? Olympia Snowe is a “centrist,” and if, for some reason, she had switched parties a few months ago and decided to become a Democrat like Arlen Specter, her vote today would be just another example of partisanship. But because she happens to have an R after her name instead of a D, her vote is oh so important and the Democrats must win her over so we can have bipartisanship.
Ridiculous. If there were 99 Democrats and one Republican in the Senate, the Democrats would still be wringing their hands over that one Republican’s vote.
I can’t make any sense out of it. I just can’t. What the hell is wrong with these people?
At least some of them have their heads on straight. That’s why I totally heart Alan Grayson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ery7RZ4tZ2Y
The irony is that the Baucus plan really is a Republican plan. It is devoid of any real reform. I know people are already considering a primary challenge against him in 2014.