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No Chance Democrats Will
"Compromise" on ObamaCare
Part Two of Four By Dave Andrusko It's not surprising that with all the attention paid to the mid-term elections that he "meaning" of it comes up in every day conversation. Such was the case yet again for me yesterday.
When asked, the American public emphatically says it just wants everyone in Washington to ''get along.'' As I heard Sunday from good-hearted people I think that means essentially that they want elected officials to disagree agreeably. I whole-heartedly concur: personal attacks have no place, even more so when we have divided government and a host of tough issues to address. But that cannot be confused with capitulating to President Obama who believes that his "accomplishments" of his first years off the table. That would, of course, include ObamaCare. We cannot agree, nor will we. There are some that believe that he will "compromise" in the next Congress on a raft of issues, mostly small, but some large. I disagree, as would most pro-lifers. Recently, there have been some published articles in which they now feel (post-election) it's okay to say. To wit, President Obama has plunged off of Mt. Olympus in no small part because of an overweening vanity, on the one hand, and "Freudian slips," that reveal his true character (aka "punishing enemies"), on the other hand. They are of concern to us for one simple reason: Obama really does believe he is invincible, and that once he is on the ticket in 2010 young people and minorities will race to the ballot boxes in numbers resembling the turnout in 2008 and political Independents will return to the Democratic Party fold after abandoning Democrats two weeks ago. Put his belief that he is electorally invulnerable together with an enthusiastic embrace of there-are-never-enough-abortions agenda and there is no chance Obama will "compromise" on the abortion-ridden, rationing-guaranteeing ObamaCare. This "monstrosity" (in the words of the soon-to-be House Speaker John Boehner) must be repealed and replaced. As an aside, but an important one, soon to be no longer House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is combining persuasion with muscle to retain the position of House Democratic leader. To do so she's begun by nailing down the liberal base in the House. I'm sure she honestly believes as she told NPR that "we didn't lose the election because of me" and that she had "no regrets" about the agenda that cost her party dearly. But that unrepentant stance also plays well with those in her party who believe the real problem was either that Democrats didn't go far enough or failed to "communicate" their successes. The point simply being that if she does retain her party's top position in the House, both by conviction and by what she has promised, there is no way she is revisiting ObamaCare either. More might be revealed this week during the lame-duck session of Congress. Stay tuned. |
