Dear Nancy,

Pass a good health care bill and then we'll talk.

Regards,
The People

It will be tough because Obama and the Democrats have been in disarray with no real leader emerging, just like the Republicans.

Not to mention Obama's love affair with so many of the Bush gang's ideas on how to fight terrorism.

Guess the endless compromises, appeasement and bi-partisanship ain't working out. Way to exploit our majority.

If the people of this country have already forgotten the long nightmare produced by the Republicans, I really wonder if there's any hope at all.

Received the email this morning

She ain't wrong

Hyperbole in a fundraising letter? What'll they think of next?

She could just declare the midterms "off the table".

If a good HCR bill passes, it will be far easier.

And the rightwing/birthers/teabaggers will be revealed to be paper tigers who have no actual power, other than as noise makers.

In a sense, if they fail, it's THEIR Waterloo. They've double-down and made an all out push to stop Obama. If he succeeds, huge loss for them, too.

I agree with the majority of those who have posted. If the Dems would grow a backbone and show some leadership, I could much more easily get on board a big push now. IMHO, the biggest reason the Dems haven't shown a backbone is the very fact they're scared to death about their fate in 2010. "Let's not stick our neck out for anything the Repubs could hang on us in the next election." A year ago now, we were told it was of the utmost importance that Obama be elected and the Dems have a majority in Congress. I still have faith in Obama, but what have the Dems in Congress done with their majority? Whether it's back when they were in the minority or now, they always have an excuse why the big, bad Repubs are blocking their outstanding efforts. No real leadership? Just as much in the pockets of the special interests as the other side of the aisle?

I had high hopes for the Dem's this time around and BLAM! nothing to show for the airtight majorities they received. can't even manage to get a couple Repub's to change sides or even play ball. I predict extremely low voter turnout in 2010 and the Repub's to narrow the gap in both houses to total stalemate levels ... result NOTHING gets done

Imagine a world where John Boehner is in charge of the House, Mitch McConnell runs the Senate, and John McCain and Sarah Palin are ensconced in the White House. Why there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans! Not a bit! You dumb Democrats, you'll not get a penny from me! I LIKE Sarah Palin! And that Boehner, why he's the smartest guy in the room!

I am reaching for my checkbook now, but by all means if you see no difference between Democrats and Republicans sit on your hands.

PS Pelosi: Are you going to vote for a Commercial Real Estate bailout since your idiot real estate investment husband is losing his ass on his S.F. CRE investments?

Or do you want to tell us about how your nephew ripped off CALPERS on a $1 billion developer investment fraud and then went merrily on his way to Morgan Stanley to reap his "ripoff the pension fund' reward with a fat salary a la Jeb Bush at Lehmam?

I guess you will be voting FOR that CRE bailout and AGAINST any Wall Street reform... huh Nancy my crony dearest?

Much Love PI.

Nancy, you can make this as easy or as difficult as you want. Pass a good health care bill that incorporates real cost control, 80 percent coverage and not the 65 percent baloney from Baucus, a decent community rating and real insurance reform, and we'll support you. Hint: with regard to insurance reform, it will be a lot easier to round up the votes for a good public option than to get the only meaningful option, which is aggressive insurance regulation.

And if you fail or decline, it's bye-bye base voter, just as it was in 1994.

Nancy: hang tough on that lame-ass dilution of a compromise to the promise of universal healthcare called a public option, open to amendment. You should have lost to Sheehan. At least we might not be be leaching blood and treasure in a godforsaken rock farm for nothing.

People, a public option won't do a goddam thing. All the preconditioners will sign on, making it as expensive or moreso than private insurance even with it's reduced overhead. The uninsured will still go naked and the illegals will get treated on the taxpayer's dime instead of hospitals jacking up private insurance claims that pay for it now, because they'll jack up public option billing.

Private insurance companies could dump you at the first sign of anything, but hey, you can immediately sign up for the public option, jacking up it's costs sky high.

Single payer is already the compromise. Universal healthcare a la France is the smartest system on the planet. Why can't we do that? Because Democrats are bought and paid for just like the Republicrats.