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In the Healthcare Debate, Do the American People Actually Care About 'Process'?

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 11:47am.

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After more than a year of arguing about the best way to reform healthcare in this country, it appears that Washington's logical chops have devolved to a hissy fit over process.

What was once a screaming debate over death panels and the public option is now dominated by esoteric rules known as "deem and pass" and "self-executing." Republicans are clearly trying to make this about corruption, secret votes and ducking responsibility.

But considering how good they've been at framing almost every debate in the Obama presidency, will this tactic work?

"Newsflash: People in the real world don't care about self-executing rules and reconciliation," Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) told Republicans on the House floor this week. "They care about the process of rescission... the process of refusing a child who has asthma."

But was Schakowsky right? Or will disaffected Americans see Speaker Nancy Pelosi's move as a calculated bowling-over of popular will? Should the Democrats in the House have gone with an up-or-down vote on the Senate bill alone to avoid such appearances? What do you think?

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People Care About Results

Submitted by neoconned on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 2:08pm.

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans are producing any remedies to meet the needs of the people. Hence, this bogus kerfluffle over HOW these two sets of bozos are going about screwing us is succeeding in its intended purpose of distracting us from that final summary.

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