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Monday October 31, 2011 · 12:12 PM PDT

2011/10/31 · 12:12

Well I made my first expedition out to my nearest Occupy protest event yesterday. Quite an interesting experience, on a few levels. Thank you Shockwave for coordinating an effort so some of us could chip in to fly Jesse (MoT) out for the day. It was great to meet him in person. I was equally enthused to meet eight other Kossaks for lunch at Biyani house in Berkely for lunch. My first Kossack meetup :o). Follow below for more on our excellent adventure.

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Sunday March 14, 2010 · 1:39 PM PDT

2010/03/14 · 13:39

After digesting the comments on my diary yesterday, I had some more thoughts on this question.

With the (small sample-72) poll showing 50% feeling that President Obama does not want a public option, my first thought was, see he really does not want one. But I now realize many feel that he does not want one because he genuinely feels now or has always felt that the PO would not get the votes required to pass. I could see President Obama and his advisers, calculating this to be the case a year ago, more or less, from a general perspective of what they believed the political system would tolerate. By political system I mean Congress and the corporate interests which comprises the status quo to be shifted. Obviously, a PO would never be in the corporate interest. But given the grass roots popularity of a wide based government based health care system like single payer or as a huge compromise, a strong viable public option, I would think the president, being a person open to new information, would have changed his perspective.

Poll

75 votes Show Results

Do you feel there is the political will to put a public option amendment to the HC recon. bill up for a vote

75 votes Vote Now!

Do you feel there is the political will to put a public option amendment to the HC recon. bill up for a vote

Yes, definitely.

6 votes

Probably, not 100% sure, but should still be voted on.

10 votes

A coin toss. It could go either way.

4 votes

Doubt there is the will to have a vote.

11 votes

Congress will do all in there power to 'avoid' a vote on a PO amendment!

43 votes

They vote for pie above all else.

1 vote

Does the WH & Democratic leadership want a Public Option?

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Saturday March 13, 2010 · 4:54 PM PST

2010/03/13 · 16:54

I certainly have had very passionate opinions on the development path of the health care reform legislation. But the goal of this, my first diary, is to put forth (and hopefully receive) as dispassionate a discussion as possible. I have learned a lot from folks who shared a differing points of view on this, with the understanding that most of us would like the best possible HC reform possible, given our political system today. I believe that the most progressive HC reform bill possible to pass, would also be the best HC reform bill to pass.

I am curious to weigh the views and merits of two differing beliefs that I read a lot.

President Obama and the Democratic leadership supports and would really like to include a Public Option in the HC bill, but for pragmatic reasons, it is not politically possible at this time.

President Obama and the Democratic leadership do not want a Public Option included in HC bill, because of their view of how the PO has been dissed all along in the process.

Poll

72 votes Show Results

Does anyone want a PO in the HC bill?

72 votes Vote Now!

Does anyone want a PO in the HC bill?

President Obama wants a PO.

12 votes

President Obama does NOT want a PO.

37 votes

At least 50 Senators and 217 Congressmen could be convinced to vote for a PO.

16 votes

At least 50 Senators and 217 Congressmencould NOT be convinced to vote for a PO.

6 votes

Everyone would vote for pie.

1 vote

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Does the WH & Democratic leadership want a Public Option? -Part II

Does the WH & Democratic leadership want a Public Option?