In a few hours, I am expecting to wake up to a nice cup of coffee and the news that the Senate finally, actually, for real passed a health care bill.
Of course, the next step will be a conference committee since it sounds like the House is not interested in ping-ponging it. Which is fine because it will probably create a better bill. However, look for the media to drum up ratings and suspense to suggest this process is fraught with peril and that the bill is still in constant danger of being destroyed. It's all true.
But in relative terms, the hard part is over. Everything else is window-dressing and, I don't care who you are, you don't burn down a house because you don't like the color of the window shades. You just keep nagging your spouse with snarky asides and one-liners until they get changed. Such is the nature of American politics.
So I say, it's time to prematurely celebrate! It could come back to bite me, but what the hell? I'm optimistic.
Oh and
When writing this post, I couldn't decide who best to direct the ending to. Should it have been the teabaggers, or Glenn Beck, or Sean Hannity? There were really just so many. I've finally decided, Mitch McConnell deserved it most for deciding to gamble everything on destroying the bill and failing
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