More Obamacare Revolts, And Why They Matter

Looks like this is indeed a trend...

Tim Bishop, New York (watch the whole thing...it's very informative on many subjects):

Russ Carnahan, Missouri (h/t Gateway Pundit):

By the way, Carnahan snuck out the back door when his press conference was over.

Steve Driehaus, Ohio:

Dreihaus has even more to explain after winning his seat on a claim of fiscal conservatism, as Dreihaus also voted for cap-and-trade, which will make Ohio’s coal industry vanish along with hiking energy costs on his constituents.

You know how to tell that your town-hall meeting was a flop? Your constituents start chanting to vote for … the guy you beat in the last election.

Steve Kagen, Wisconsin:

And these are all Democrats.

I give them all credit for making the effort to at least try to connect with their constituents (not all Senators and Reps are), but are we seeing a theme here?

The Democrat party has no real answers to the legitimate concerns from constituents about any of this stuff, so they have to resort to dodging questions, ignoring constituents, and generally staying away from the people they supposedly represent as much as possible. I think that an increasingly large part of the growing resentment is the aloofness and arrogance that they're displaying itself, as if they shouldn't be bothered to have to answer any question about any subject. No one likes that.

I think it says a lot that these representatives appear to be completely shocked at what's going on. They are so vastly out of touch that they need a wake-up call like this to scare them into representing their constituents again. Will this be enough to kill Obamacare? Only time will tell, but this is a terrific start.

I hope it keeps up, and not just because I want to see them sweat - there's a very real reason this needs to continue:

Baucus has until Sept. 15 to reach an agreement with Republicans -- and that is still the goal. "But if we don't, it is not going to stop us from moving forward with health care," Schumer told reporters Monday. "If the Republicans are not able to produce an agreement (by then), we will have contingencies in place. Health reform is just too important to let this window pass by." Among the options is invoking a procedural maneuver known as reconciliation, which would allow Senate Democrats to pass a bill with a simple majority rather than a 60-vote filibuster-proof threshold.

That's right. If the GOP doesn't fold, the Dems are threatening the so-called 'nuclear option' to shove this thing through into law through a budgetary process rather than a normal vote.

While some say that won't work, the threat is an all-too-stark reminder that this is an issue of critical importance to Obama and the Democrats. They know they have a very short period of time with which they can enact their radical Leftist agenda, and if they don't get things like government-controlled health care done now, they likely never will.

And remember this well: Democrats don't need a single Republican vote to push this into law. They have enough votes in both the Senate and the House that there's really nothing the GOP can do to stop them. There are just two complicating factors - some of the more clear-thinking Dems realize how bad Obamacare really is, and aren't buying it; if too many defect, it's over. And, perhaps just as important, many Dems realize how bad Obamacare is but still want to support it and are desperately looking for political cover so that they can call this a bipartisan bill. If they pass this thing into law without a single Republican vote, they will be stuck with whatever public backlash comes of it down the road.

So, that's why it is so important that these Congressmen and Senators be reminded -- forcefully! -- that they represent us, the people of America, and very few of us want Obamacare. If that message is communicated well enough -- especially to wavering Dems -- Obamacare can be stopped. But, as we've seen countless times, our elected representatives seem perfectly content to ignore our wishes with disturbing regularity, so a little healthy fear of We The People should go a long way toward keeping them in line.

There's my two cents.