THEY'RE FIGHTING AGAIN – AT 8:19 P.M. ET:  We must raise money to send Democrats to a discipline camp.  This fighting amongst themselves will not do.  It disrupts Washington and is a poor role model.  From The Politico:

Don't confuse the House timeline with the White House timeline, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) warned reporters Tuesday.

"None of us has mentioned the 18th, other than Mr. Gibbs," Hoyer said in response to a question about whether Congress can pass a health care package by March 18, the date laid out last week by White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. "We are trying to do this as soon as possible. That continues to be our objective."

Americans are falling asleep on the health-care issue.  Obama is determined to slam a health package through Congress.  We may wind up in two weeks with a sixth of our economy in government hands, and there's little the American people can do about it.

In the meantime, Hoyer said an internal fight over abortion restrictions "has to be resolved."

The majority leader didn't offer any ideas for a possible compromise between abortion opponents and their equally enraged adversaries in the abortion-rights camp, nor would he comment directly on whether Democrats could pass the bill without changing the Senate's current restrictions, which require insurance companies to set up separate accounts for anyone who wants coverage of elective abortions.

"I think it will be resolved one way or the other, and I think the bill will pass," Hoyer said after acknowledging that he wouldn't answer a question directly. "It's got to be resolved."

COMMENT:  The health-care issue is now being handled entirely behind the scenes, and by Democrats only.  It is in Obama's best interest to keep it out of the headlines, thus weakening the intensity of the opposition.  That is what is happening.

Don't underestimate the Obamans.  They're politicians through and through.  They may just succeed with their health-care monstrosity, and we'll end up paying the bills and losing the services.

March 9, 2010