Most Americans oppose the Obama/Reid/Polosi rush to massively increase the role of the United States government in health care delivery. For good reason, there is no reason to believe, for even a moment, that shifting a significant percentage of our country’s economy from the private sector to the public sector is anything other than a recipe for disaster.
As of this morning, Speaker Pelosi’s operatives are saying they have the necessary 218 votes in the House to pass the bill. That is unfortunate – but not surprising. Democrats have a substantial majority in the House, and never underestimate the power of a determined President…
The only silver lining in this very, very heavy, black and rainy cloud is that in order to pass this legislation (and substantially advance the cause of progressivism in American), a lot of Democrats will be signing their own death warrents — since so many are in districts with voters who very much oppose this extreme plan.
Here in California, there are four Democrats who are likely to end up in a tough situation if they vote for this — all of them have tried to feed a false facade of being somehow more moderate than Pelosi (their voting records already disprove this). This vote will clearly brand them as ultra-liberal members of Congress. Three of these Democrats are from the 
Central Valley — Dennis Cardoza, Jim Costa and Jerry McNerney (pictured right). The other is from Orange County — Loretta Sanchez (pictured left).
The passage of this health care plan is a steep price to pay to have political leverage against any or all of these four Democrats — but they should all be aware that they are imperiling their jobs with this vote. Perhaps they won’t care — and are passionate ideologues dedicated to increasing the size and scope of centralized government in America. If so, I guess I can admire in some grotesque way. But these four have track records of rhetoric to the contrary, which will come back to haunt them big time…
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