Ned Lamont Discusses Lieberman, Then And Now, With Rachel Maddow (VIDEO)
The Connecticut primary winner sits down to talk about the Universal Healthcare Joe Lonely was for before he was against it.
Tuesday November 3, 2009 6:21 a.m.
When it comes to the prospect of getting real healthcare reform in this country, Joe Lieberman remains the squeaky cog in the works. When asked on CBS' "Face the Nation" whether getting no reform was better than getting reform and a public option he responded: "Well the truth is nothing is better than that."
But so far Lieberman is on his own as a ostensible Democrat supporting a filibuster, which might undercut his political muscle on the issue. After briefly flirting with the idea, Senator Evan Bayh has backed away from certain ambiguous statements in favor of a more open, supportive tone. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Ben Nelson are also potential teammates of Lieberman on this, according to Beltway common wisdom--only the common wisdom that their districts would support that was undercut with recent polling showing it against the Senators' best interests to get in the way of a public option.
But after a week of being in the Democrats' doghouse and failing to gain any vocal supporters, Lieberman still shows no signs of backing down on his filibuster promises. Ned Lamont joins Rachel Maddow to discuss the contrasts between Sen. Lieberman's stances now and the 2006 Democratic Primary.
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I love this: when Demos blocked legislation via a threat of filibuster in the 90s (and later) they were called traitors, communists, socialists, etc. Now GOPers do the same and they are patriots. Fascinating. GOP logic (okay, I know, that's a stretch): "Medicare is private insurance, not government run." Big Insurance is not "getting between you and your doctor, the government wants to." "Competition in the Pharma-Industrial Complex won't work."
Send the bill to conference, yank out the anti-choice, anti-competition, anti-other-GOP-stuff, then send it to the floor for an up or down and let the chips fall where they will. The GOP has added amendment after amendment and still thinks there's no bipartisanship, mainly, it appears, because the "stubborn" majority thinks it's a majority.
This is so like the global warming issue. If they are right, we've spent money to make the world cleaner (and healthier) for no real reason. If we're right (and we get nowhere on Clean Air or health care reform), they doomed our children (and theirs). I know who's greasing their palms to stop reform. What I can't fathom is who they think is greasing ours to get reform? Lenin?
Rachel several weeks ago you had information on all the democrats that are not voting yes on health care
bill and how much money they get from the insurance industry. It would be nice if you could run that list at the end of every show till this bill gets passed.
p.s. Love the show. Keep up the great work!
Bob, put a fork in LIEberman, he is done. Word is Blumenthal will run for his seat.
BTW< Lamont has put out an exploratory committee on a run for governor of CT in 2010.
Hi Rachel
Big fan, watch every night!......I'm blogging you, to alert you to the fact that the insurance industry is running, Non Stop ads in Connecticut providing POLITICAL COVER for Joe Lieberman. Many folks in the Media are painting Joe Lieberman as a "Shill" for the Insurance Industry, so the Insurance Company's are trying to "overcome that perception", and it works like this: The ads run misleading "comments" from "sources" warning of impending doom with Health Care reform. Residents of CT. are urged to call Joe Lieberman in Washington and tell him not to vote for Reform.
Problem is.......The Insurance Industry already has Joe Lieberman "in the bag".......Why would they spend big money on ads, when They have his NO vote already??? The ads they are running would provide "cover" for Joe, as the residents will think he voted NO because so many of them phoned in to Lieberman, and he was just abiding by the wishes of his constituents. In 2013 Joe can run for re-election on the concept that he voted NO on health care, based on the large amount of voter phone-ins, when really he is a "Shill" for the Insurance Industry, and really doing the Industry's bidding.
Regards
Bob C.
#1 NoBraina @ 2:24 p.m. • Tuesday November 3, 2009
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Don't be silly. They can pass bills. As they have been.
And as they will when they ram Socialist Care down your throat.
Besides: it's not just Democrats who blame Republicans.
The majority of America does.
Rachel,
Can you please explain to your audience how this bill will improve the healtchare system? You seem to support this bill, so I was hoping you would be able to help us out.
Thanks,
Why do democrats keep blaming republicans? They currently hold a majority in both houses, so if they can't pass the bills, it is not due to Republicans.
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