There does not appear to be much common ground within the Democratic Party as the president prepares for an address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night in which he hopes to regain the momentum for passing health care reform legislation this year. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Lots of assumptions and unsupported claims in here that damage what could have been a decent opinion. The author perpetuates several falsehoods and inaccuracies about health care that have been widely disputed by conservatives and liberals. Anyone still defending Sarah Palin's death panel remark is not worth reading.
The left wing of the Democratic Party wants a single payer public system.
What constitutes the party’s “left wing” then? Hardly any Congressional Democrats have pushed for a single payer system. The public option is no “way station” to single payer — they’ve made this embarrassingly clear.
It tickles me to read someone calling the Democratic party divided when the only leg the GOP has to stand on is hysteria over health care. Indeed, the Democrats are split and they've done a disastrous job of communicating with the public -- but compare this to how disgracefully the Republicans have allowed Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin to run the party.