If you didn’t pick up on it during his candidacy, there are two things we now know about President Obama. First, he is a committed leftist; no government involvement or control is too much in his view. Second, his ego is second in size only to the deficit that his leftist policies are creating.
Within hours of his death, Democrat leadership began attempting to breath new life to the health care bill by attaching Ted Kennedy’s name to it.
“In his honor and as a tribute to his commitment to his ideals, let us stop the shouting and name calling and have a civilized debate on health care reform which I hope, when legislation has been signed into law, will bear his name for his commitment to insuring the health of every American,”
was the lament from Senator Robert Byrd. And:
“Ted Kennedy’s dream of quality health care for all Americans will be made real this year because of his leadership and his inspiration,”
From Speaker Pelosi.
Even with the new, paid for supportive astroturf that the Democrats have been able to get into their townhalls, the public remains fully against the implementation of a government run health care program. Rasmussen reports that while “support for the health plan has quit falling,” it is still opposed by a majority of voters. Additionally, by greater than a 2:1 margin, “voters believe the proposed reforms would make the quality of care worse rather than better.” It seems like a long uphill slog for passage of the bill, at least in its current form.
Ted Kennedy’s public funeral will be held Saturday morning. We’ve learned that President Obama will deliver the eulogy. I have one question.
With Cap and Trade likely dead for the year and his other major push health care, on the ropes, will President Obama be able to control his personal ego long enough to deliver an eulogy that actually has Ted Kennedy as the focus or will he succumb and use the event of the funeral to fan his own ego and push the health care reform bill?
Remember, never let a crisis or a highly personal and emotional event, go to waste!
