AND THEY'LL TAKE THEIR TEN VOTES WITH THEM - AT 7:48 P.M. ET;  The delusions of the left never cease to amaze.  Far more Americans identify themselves as conservatives than liberals, but the left believes it has vast power.  Consider this, from The Hill:

Democratic votes may stay home from the polls in retribution for Congress failing at health reform, a top liberal lawmaker said Tuesday.

Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), the co-chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said that members of the Democratic Party's base "aren't even going to go to the polls if they don't have a public option."

You know, these people never learn.  In 1968 a number of "progressives" stayed home to protest the nomination of Hubert H. Humphrey, a genuinely great liberal, and they helped elect their nemesis, Richard M. Nixon...and they didn't care.  Revenge is more important to the self-loving left than governing. 

Liberal activists have expressed outrage on Tuesday that the public option, as well as the Medicare buy-in, have been sacked by Democratic leaders in Congress in order to win over enough centrists' votes to pass a bill.

Yeah, in the minds of "liberal activists" it's better to have nothing than 80%.  That's why they're so effective at getting things done.

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), the other co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, also sternly warned he would vote against the Senate proposal.

"The Senate has somehow managed to turn the House’s silk purse into a sow’s ear," he said. "If what the Senate is doing isn’t corrected in conference with the House, I will not support the bill. Since the Senate won’t use reconciliation, which only requires 51 votes, it doesn’t look promising for any real change.”

Well, maybe the liberals will actually be doing us a favor by killing the whole thing.  Then we gain, and they remain pure.  A win-win.

December 15, 2009