Jack & Jill Politics

“The progressives strike back on the public option.” Yes they have since the president’s grassroots network has been working the phones for the past 30+ days. I know firedoglake is taking responsibility for the uptick in momentum however; everybody is doing their part to get a public option into the final bill. But the ideological divide is based on public option or nothing. Paul Begala wrote an article which outlined the inadequacies of the social security bill in its infancy. The Act provided benefits to retirees and the unemployed, and a lump-sum benefit at death. The point Begala is making is the social security bill today is a far cry from where it started. If success is 90% health care reform, this is better than nothing at all. Congressman Weiner and sixty democrats want an all or nothing approach. Fine, let the democrats pull together and get a bill passed with the public option; Fight it out, but don’t punish the public if you don’t succeed 100%. I believe Dean was correct when he said we will get HCR with a public option, I just don’t like all the grandstanding and posturing these politicians are doing and I don’t want to hear how the progressives made the president agree to a public option.

An “all, or nothing at all approach” would be insistence on single-payer.

I agree with you.

If you want to make it out to be “all a part of the brilliant plan”, that's alright. It's not important.

Gimme my MUTHAFUCKING PUBLIC OPTION!!!

Let 'em know you want the public option: http://wewantthepublicoption.com/