Dems vow to find enough votes to pass Obamacare but don’t commit to Obama’s deadline, abortion fight still looms, Pelosi says Congress needs to pass the bill so we can find out what’s in it, some House liberals also vow to vote no.
Archives for March 9, 2010
Obama Targets ‘Evil Boogeyman’
Utah Rep. Rob Bishop says he doesn’t know what’s being done by Democrats to secure votes for the health bill, but he expects several arms in slings by the end of the week from being twisted so much. Bishop also says President Obama is resorting to attacking phantoms and evil boogeymen to build urgency for his plan. Bishop also points out that the abortion debate is a big deal, despite how much Democrats try to minimize the dispute.
Who Got it Right on Iraq?
Parliamentary elections went off successfully in Iraq this past weekend, as Iraq conducted and secured a democratic vote on it’s own for the first time. President Obama and Vice President Biden are couching Iraq as a major success – of their administration. Is Obama failing to give credit to Bush? Can we declare the policy a success at this point? And is it time Obama starts using the word victory? We ask Washington Times senior editorial writer James Robbins, a special assistant to Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld.