The error’s the Republicans made came in allowing Franken to steal his Senate seat. That triggered Specter becoming a Democrat, and gave them 60 seats. If the Republicans fought harder for the Minnesota seat, Specter would never have switched sides, and this would not be on the path to becoming law.
However, once they had 60 votes, this became a foregone conclusion. And honestly, you can’t blame Olympia Snowe – I don’t think that she, or anyone else, could have imagined that Democrats would be so suicidal.
Who could have imagined the Democrat’s breaking all of Obama’s campaign promises to get this done? Who could have imagined Ben Nelson being a traitor to his self-described cause celebrate? Who could have imagined that Lincoln, Dorgan, Bayh, Warner, Landrieu, McCaskill, etc… would ignore what is best for their re-election bids to side with Harry Reid?
Granted, an argument can be made that at the end of the day a Democrat is a Democrat, and they will always be about expanding the government and spending money. However, that completely defies logic, and it is really hard to reconcile some of the decisions that many Democrats have made to get this to 60 votes.
Don't give uo yet! Continue with your Tea parties, phone calls, mailings, polls showing that people don’t want this crap sandwich. But don't forget on next election day that Congressmen and Senators are nothing but PIMPS!