Sanders Takes On Emanuel, Warns Of Dem Opposition To Baucus Proposal

[kpete]

Source: Huffington Post

Sanders Takes On Emanuel, Warns Of Dem Opposition To Baucus Proposal
First Posted: 07- 7-09 04:29 PM | Updated: 07- 7-09 04:54 PM

Two major progressive voices in the health care debate took White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to task on Tuesday for suggesting that a public option with triggers could be a potential compromise on reform.

One of those voices, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) went so far as to insist that some Senate Democrats would vote against any proposal that didn't include a strong government-run option. Even the bill being crafted by Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, Sanders noted, might not get the caucus' full support because it could stray too far away from an effective overhaul of the health care system.

"I think that it is fair to say that there are a number of us who would not be voting for anything resembling a Baucus-type plan as we understand it right now," the senator told the Huffington Post, referring to Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus' effort at constructing a reform bill.

In separate interviews, Sanders and his fellow Vermonter, former DNC Chair Howard Dean, both took umbrage with comments Emanuel made in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that was published Monday evening. The White House chief of staff did not deviate fully from the administration's line, suggesting that all prospects for reform remained on the table. But Emanuel added something that health care operatives said they hadn't heard from the White House to date: a statement of support for a health care insurance compromise based on a public option with triggers.

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[masuki bance]

1. But wait Bernie, those quotes were a lie by the wsj !11!!!

[regnaD kciN]

5. Not "lie," but unjustified spin...

Emmanuel did make those statements in an interview, but it was Murdoch's WSJ that spun them into "proof that the Obama administration has decided to cave on any public option."

[No Elephants]

21. Does Murdoch own DailyKos, too?

"Two major progressive voices in the health care debate took White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to task on Tuesday for suggesting that a public option with triggers could be a potential compromise on reform."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/7/751012/-Sanders,Dean-Tell-Rahm-Baucus:-Real-Reform-or-No-Dice.-UPDATE:-REID-TELLS-BAUCUS-DROP-GOP

[Dragonfli]

18. No No that was the other Lie - It was Rahm that lied about this one

They all lie you know, all the Repugs, all the progressives, all the staff.
All lies I tells ya!

But they'll see - they'll all see (maniacal laughter follows)

[saigon68]

20. Ram Emaul = Tool of the DLC

and least I say a tool of the Corporations and their thuggish boards of directors

LOL

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

2. DKos take on same story with some additional details from rollcall

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/7/751012/-Sanders,Dean-Tell-Rahm-Baucus:-Real-Reform-or-No-Dice.-UPDATE:-REID-TELLS-BAUCUS-DROP-GOP

Made me feel a little better. Thank God for Bernie Sanders and Howard Dean!

[Libertas1776]

3. Fuck Baucus

I wish they'd ride him outta Washington on a goddamn rail.

[sutz12]

7. More inportantly, Go Bernie!!!!

:bounce:

[midnight]

15. I second that.

[sasquatch]

4. Strip those corporate pink tutus off of them and burn the tutus on a pire

[Vidar]

6. Give 'em hell! Bernie. Go to hell, Rahm & Baucus!

[R. P. McMurphy]

10. You said it!!!

[IndianaGreen]

14. Bernie is a socialist

which means that he puts the interests of the working class first, unlike our corporate bought and paid average Democrat in Congress. Even 60 Senators won't make a difference when half the majority of Senators are corporate whores.

[Vidar]

16. And I love Bernie for it.

[dpbrown]

8. Damn right. The right-wing of the Democratic Party is all wrong on health care

Emanuel does the DLC proud, no doubt.

[Wednesdays]

9. K&R

:kick:

[mopinko]

11. i hope howard dean and dfa put the fear of god into these assholes.

if that fails, remember that both dfa, and camp wellstone has been out there training campaign workers and grassroots candidates in a way will leave these jokers out in the cold. just like the gop got people started on school boards and village boards, and then moved those people up, there is a blue tide coming after these fuckers.

[avaistheone1]

13. I do too. Howard Dean appears to be doing a good job moving things forward.

[No Elephants]

22. The only thing that can cause them fear is defeat in a

primary or an election. That is one reason that K Street succeeds in getting whatever it wants. The other reason that K Street succeeds in getting whatever it wants is massive laziness and apathy on the part of voters. If a healthy percentage of voters in each and every state and district contacts the White House, Senators and Representatives, we MAY be able to overcome the influence of K Street. But not otherewise. They are throwing money at this like they've never thrown money before.

[KoKo]

12. Kick!

[Delphinus]

17. Go Bernie!!

Yeah!

[Dragonfli]

19. Thank Goddess for those too honorable to be bought!

We need to keep up the pressure, make no mistake, we don't have the money but if we pressure them enough they will fear (rightfully so) what will happen in the midterms!

Time to paper train those Blue dogs and the DLC incontinent - Washington reeks of bribery and piss.

[No Elephants]

23. Bernie makes me want to move to Vermont. And please see Reply 22.

[mvd]

24. Good for him!

I would vote against it if I was a Senator if it had a trigger. I thought there was something not trustworthy about that WSJ interview with Emanuel.

[Zorra]

25. Bernie and Doc make a great team. n/t

[LWolf]

26. K & R nt