http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2010/02/23/obama_presents_health_care_plan/
Today Obama unveiled his healthcare plan in a pre-emptive strike against Republicans ahead of Thursday's health care summit. The proposal is meant to foster debate with the Republicans while still being able to have the upper-hand if necessary.
In other words, Thursday is a showdown.
Republicans will need to come to the table with ideas, or true objections, or else Obama's plan has the ability to be passed without a filibuster, without a 60-vote majority, without even so much as the blink of an eye.
Yikes.
Now, from Obama's point of view, I can understand why he's doing this. 2009 was the year of the healthcare debate. He doesn't want to become the 44th president to fail the country in providing comprehensive healthcare coverage. He doesn't want to leave a bad legacy.
And still, I can't help but feel a little uneasy about the whole process. I know, I know, the Republicans have been the ones to continually block any progress for a year, and stalling the debate at every twist and turn. And yet... it still feels somewhat wrong to be going about the process like this. But I guess that's one for history to decide, right?
It certainly will make the Republicans cowboy up. Put up or shut up. Other cliche expressions with the word up. You get the gist.
Who knew legislation could be so exciting?
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