GOOD NEWS-Elec Results: 2 More Votes For a Public Option In the House

[kpete]

2 More Votes For a Public Option In the House
By Big Tent Democrat, Section Other Politics


I found something worthwhile from last night's election results. TPM:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/yesterdays-overwhelming-historic-republican-victory-makes-democratic-health-care-reform-just-a-bit-e.php?ref=fpa

The NY-23 seat . . . went to Democrat Bill Owens . . . nd the CA-10 seat . . . went to Democrat John Garamendi. That creates some simple arithmetic. Yesterday, Democrats had 256 voting members in the House. By week's end, they'll have 258. Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could afford to lose no more than 38 Democratic votes on a landmark health care reform bill. Next week, after Owens and Garamendi are sworn in, she can lose up to 40.

Garamendi is a liberal and Owens said about the HCR bill at a debate last week . . .: "I think moving towards this legislation is very appropriate. I think the type or the form of the public option included in this bill is reasonable. . . ."

more:
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/11/4/10285/4333

[Bonn1997]

1. Yeah, the bad news though is that Republican governors will be supervising elections in NJ and Va,

which basically means Diebold and other "evil-doers" will have lots of freedom. I'm more concerned about that than I am about two more votes in the house (even though the two more votes do matter).

[debbierlus]

2. They don't start their terms until January not the end of the week