Guest The Situation Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Well, if anyone is paying attention. If Scott Brown is elected in Mass. today he breaks the filibuster for the health care bill if he gets elected to replace Ted Kennedy. What's that mean? In order to have the filibuster, you need 60 consecutive votes for or against a bill in order for it to pass or fail. He would bring it down to 59, thus making it almost impossible to pass. Plus, Mass. is a hugely democratic state, it’s the state of the Kennedys. Its unheard of to have republican to take that Senate seat. Dems are definitely horrified that this may happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolor23 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 too young to vote, but My mom and brother is voting for Coakley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Situation Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Looks like Brown is going to win! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Great news for America. On CNN they were saying how the Independent voters are fueling this election and Brown's projected victory. That says a lot coming from a state like Massachusetts. People there must not be happy with the way the Dems are running things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 This state finally took its head out of its damn [expletive]! This is huge, especially since it happened in one of the most Democratic states, if not the most Democratic state in the U.S. The Democrats haven't been able to give any good reason why it makes sense for people to support the health care bill that already have health care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted January 23, 2010 Owner Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 It's too bad people can't see the benefits to a country-wide Medicaid. It's just more proof that super-healthy people don't really give a [expletive] for those in need of medical care, up until it's their own family members (ex. their parents at an old age). Thank God for Medicaid, though. It got me the eye surgeries I needed. Too bad private insurance companies screw people over, like they did my uncle, who is practically waiting to die after his cancer policy was ripped from him three weeks before he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Yeah, no big deal though. People die. We don't model ourselves after other countries because we're the United States, the smartest, greatest, baddest, most prolific, consistent and richest country in the world... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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