{"id":1413,"date":"2009-12-05T10:12:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T10:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2009-12-05T10:12:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-05T10:12:47","slug":"why_the_democrats_are_pushing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1413","title":{"rendered":"Why The Democrats Are Pushing So Hard To Pass Healthcare Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal<\/a> posted an opinion piece by John Fund with a possible explanation of why the Democrats are so determined to pass a healthcare reform bill that is opposed by a majority of Americans.  According to the article, “Public support for the bill averages only 39.2% backing in all polls compiled by Pollster.com.”<\/em><\/p>\n

So why are the Democrats so determined to pass the bill?  76% of Democrats back the healthcare reform bill–the Democrats in Congress are afraid that if they do not pass a healthcare bill, the base of the Democrat party will not vote in 2010 and many Democrat Congressmen will join the ranks of the unemployed.  <\/p>\n

The article points out:<\/p>\n

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“That fear is backed up by a new poll taken for the Daily Kos, the left-wing Web site: 81% of self-described Republicans say they are certain or likely to vote in 2010 compared to 65% of independent voters and only 56% of Democrats. “Democrats have simply not been given enough of a reason to come out and vote yet,” writes liberal blogger David Dayen. “The left is waiting for that long-promised ‘change’ they can believe in.””<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It seems to me that somewhere along the line, our Congress has stopped representing the people who elected them and started representing their own self interest.  I guess we just need to keep voting people out of office until we find people who will represent us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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