Kennedy's seat to turn Republican

[Darius871]

Ah ha! That explains why so many Republicans and Democrats get along so well together! I mean look at all the bi-partisan legislation that has gotten passed over the years . . . .

wait, never mind.

You clearly have no idea where zakuHL is coming from.

[HalfLotus]

Ah ha! That explains why so many Republicans and Democrats get along so well together! I mean look at all the bi-partisan legislation that has gotten passed over the years . . . .

wait, never mind.

Wiretapping, corporatism, torture, economic suicide, the police state, banker bailouts, and three wars - all bipartisan.

[Darius871]

Like I said.

[Theben]

There have always been some minor differences wrt social issues and the means of economic extortion.

[Ramo]

Since when is that an inherently wrong or even a hypocritical point of view? Brandeis' "laboratories of democracy" conception of federalism dates back as far as the Framers and has some merit in the sense of encouraging competition instead of smothering innovation with one uniform standard that might be poorly planned. I'm not saying I necessarily agree in the case of healthcare, but it's by no means an invalid argument.

The Senate bill has states running the insurance exchanges, and the House bill allows states that have functioning exchanges (like MA) to opt out of federal administration. Not only is there wide latitude for states to experiment, in most states you wouldn't have the capacity to experiment without the federal funding established in the bill. It is a completely disingenuous stance.

[DinoDoc]

Why is Paul Kirk still voting on matters before the Senate?

[Ben Kenobi]

Because Democrats don't really believe in Democracy.