THE HEALTH CARE "NUCLEAR OPTION"

Rumblings in the media have the White House considering as an option the "nuclear option" on the health care issue. This being the notion of simply ramming  Obamacare down the throats of Congress, and hope for a one vote victory. This will take complete cooperation by Dems. It would make sense that the Blue Dogs temperature is being taken right now should this drastic tactic be taken as a way to get something done.

 It would be a shame if both parties couldn't make adjustments and come up with a compromise that improves the system somehow in the rush to get something done.The impatience on the part of Obama to get a bill on the table is due to the 2010 Congressional elections that will force Congress members to vote along the lines of their constituency, making it a political and career risk not to. If all of the Democrats are on board though, it's over. Like it or not. 

However, it seems as though they are not all on board. In fact the message out of Washingtonin recent days  has been messy. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the public option was "not essential" to which Press Secretary Robert Gibbs answered "she misspoke." Sebelius has since changed her tone but the first order of operation before any "nuclear option" is seriously considered, is to get the administration on message. Then, Ii Obama truly likes what he is reading in the gazillion page plan, he'll have to expend alot of political capitial to get leery Dems on his side in order make this happen.