Posts tagged “OPM plan”
Near/Far, Part 2
On the whole, I think I approve of this speed-dating version of legislative negotiation. The Gang of Ten negotiations beat the misconceived pointlessness of Max Baucus‘s months-long committee negotiations hands down. Here’s the early report (all rumors, really, since lips are officially sealed). The public option has not been euthanized, it has been cryogenically preserved. [...]
Are We So Near Or Still So Far?
There seems to be a lot of optimism all round concerning the prospects of moderate and liberal Democrats reaching a deal on the public option. Or more accurately, in lieu of the public option. Liberals are apparently prepared to hand public-option-over-my-dead-body moderates a major victory by allowing the weak and watery public option to be [...]