so saith the victor tonight, President Barack Obama and the rest of us. Welcome to the modern world, America. A stunning legislative victory. We should mention that the student loan bill passed also, which Republicans in the Senate have railed against more than the House.
And let history record, I was off by three on the approval of the Senate bill; and only two on the final House Reconciliation Bill, which automatically disqualifies me from becoming a high-paying pundit. You must fail upwards. Notice Nate Silver isn't asked on many television networks. That's because he's rational and too correct most of the time. I had an excuse. I didn't know there were now four empty seats in the House.
Michelle Bachman had to go outside and tell the tea party crowd not to become violent. The Secret Service is now investigating a conservative blogger who calls for the assassination of President Obama because of this vote.
Too tired tonight to comment on the Tan Man's hysterical speech except to say he doesn't understand representative democracy. I will write about it tomorrow because I took notes on all the things that really bugged me. Eric Cantor's speech was the GOP laundry list of lies about the bill and also the real state of our healthcare system. Rumors has it that it was really Dana Rohrbacher who yelled out "Baby Killer" at Bart Stupak, when he urged the rejection of the Stupak-Pitts amendment. Wonder if the Family is going to pay Bart a visit tomorrow. Phyllis Schafly, who is now immortalized in the Texas history books, quickly responded that "Now we know the myth of the pro-life Democrat."
Bloggers commented that the Tan Man went longer in his speech on the climate change bill than he did tonight. One said this was dissing the "tea party" people ,who didn't have the cash the oil industry has. Another claimed Tan Man was having a tantrum and wondered "if Chuckie Cheese was still open?"
It's interesting that the voting was only kept open for fifteen minutes. For Medicaid Part D, the prescription drug vote, voting was kept open for an amazing three hours as the Republican leadership twisted every arm.
Connie Mack said that "Freedom Died Today." Tomorrow I'll see." Pete Hoefstra from Michigan went out to the teabaggers to say he would get the bill repealed in the courts.
Senator De Mint, Mr. Waterloo, said that he would introduce a bill in the Senate tomorrow to repeal the whole thing.
As I understand it,President Obama signs it on Tuesday and it becomes law and then the Senate debates the House changes. So my understanding is that if the Republicans actually try and fool around with the House changes in the Senate, the original Senate bill would stand. Not so great but the basic principles of health as a right would remain.
The passage of the bill tonight came after 92 phone calls or meetings between President Obama and members of Congress.
Strangest element: Tan Man's call for a physical vote, since electronically everyone is recognized immediately and the list are published the minute the final vote was tabulated. I believe he was just trying to drag the proceedings out so President Obama could not address the country. It made no other sense.
This late night news: The Costa Rican military have been ordered to guard the country's borders and stop Rush Limbaugh from entering.
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