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Today, Barack Obama is seeking Republican input and ideas on healthcare reform with the same enthusiasm and sincerity as Osama Bin Laden would show when seeking a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich.
The purpose of the meeting is not really to seek bipartisan solutions to real problems, but is instead pure political theater being presented as a prelude to the Democrats' reconciliation plan to ram through healthcare regulation against the will of the American people.
But is "reconciliation" to pass legislation with only 51 votes really such a terrible thing? All of these Democrats thought so in 2005...
• Barack Obama: "not what the founders intended."
• Hillary Clinton: "A bridge too far."
• Charles Schumer: "Checks and balances (will be)...evaporated by the nuclear option."
• Harry Reid: "The arrogance of power."
• Dianne Feinstein: "will turn the Senate into a body that can have its rules broken at any time."
• Joe Biden: "a naked power grab."
Today's Healthcare Summit is just a preview of coming attractions. The real show is about to begin.
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