A contest to end the healthcare debacle

Give me a break. Sen. Kennedy has passed. We all will,
someday. To invoke his name as though he is personally shepherding this measure
through Harry Reid’s controversial hands is fantasy thinking at best. Some
liberal thinkers would privately tell you they’re not so sure Kennedy would
have agreed with that dismal piece of legislation called “reform” in its
current state.

The election next week is a microcosm of things to come for
President Barack Obama if Scott Brown wins in that cold blue state. Above all
else, it will signal the end of the administration’s sinister experiment on our
nation’s health system. Sure, it’s broken, and Republicans would be
hard-pressed to produce any ideas of their own on the matter, but the
concoction Obama and his gang have created is pure terror.

The question remains on whether health reform will die a
real death in congressional chambers, but it will surely die a symbolic one.
Here’s why: The president is repeatedly failing to heed the lessons of these
races occurring throughout the country. I’m not sure if he’s in denial or what,
but they are certainly mini-referenda on his agenda. Set aside Virginia and
focus on New Jersey. No matter how you slice it, Obama lost the Garden State.
Next week, he’ll lose Massachusetts. And the single largest contributing factor
will be the health bill.

Americans simply lack the appetite for the gluttonous grab
that bill promises to be. Obama knows this in his heart. Why else is he waiting
to give his State of the Union? They need a win on this so bad they can’t see
straight. And they’re willing to kick into February a constitutionally required
report to the Congress so they have something other than bad news to talk
about.

My advice is to get the speech over with, or better still,
just send a note to the Dome in the coming days, Mr. President. Come Jan. 21,
I’m not so sure the welcome mat will be out on the Capitol’s front steps for
the POTUS.

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