Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Health Care Reform Without Kennedy


The only sensible thing is to freaking double down and ram the exact bill the President laid out in the campaign thru. Take no prisoners, for Teddy. Via Taegan.

Mike Allen: "Though Kennedy was unable to play his customary role of tactician and negotiator, his spirit and advice guided the health care debate as he watched it unfold from Hyannis Port. And there is some hope among health care reform supporters that his passing will renew that spirit of pragmatism and deal making that marked Kennedy's four decades in the Senate. The collective breath Washington and the nation will take to remember Kennedy over the next few days will likely lower the temperature on a debate that has reached a roiling boil over the last month. Operatives on both sides of the debate will have to readjust their strategies and consider how to calibrate their messages so they fit within the Kennedy narrative that is sure to drive coverage for coming days. In short, the landscape has now shifted and everyone is scrambling to understand the new playing field."

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