Democrats prepare to pass Obamacare using the 'nuclear' option

Democrats are so desperate to pass Obamacare that they have quietly set up the necessary procedures to use the so-called "nuclear option."

This is an admission by the Democrats that they do not have the popular support needed to pass Obamacare by the usual Senate rules.

The Democrats' unreasonable attempt to pass Obamacare as a “budget reconciliation” measure means the Democrats think they can get away with ending the long-standing  Senate tradition of requiring a super majority to end debate on something as controversial as the Democrats proposed government takeover of the Health care industry.

Under reconciliation, the Obamacare legislation can theoretically be passed by a simple majority vote in the Senate -- just 51 instead of 60 votes.

The bill the Democrats have certified for “reconciliation” is H.R. 3200 that was passed out of committee before the August break, and caused such outrage  at town hall meetings across the country as voters learned what was in the House bill: federal funding of abortion, coverage for illegal aliens, comparative effectiveness councils, and  deep cuts to Medicare. 

If the Democrats go down this unfortunate path, it will bring the Senate to a standstill. The Republicans will be forced to try and shut down the Senate and  prevent consideration of all routine and legislative Senate business or become irrelevant until they regain control of the Senate. Then of course there will be the unavoidable tit for tat and the will be powerless.

The Democrats bemoan what they wrongly claim is obstruction. But all the Democrats had to do was keep Obama's many now broken promises to conduct health care reform in a transparent manner and work out a bipartisan proposal. Instead, most Congressional Democrats decided they wanted an extreme Obamacare proposal that they can't get the Senate to pass by the usual rules.

The Democrats chose to use extraordinary procedures to pass extreme measures rather on proposing "reform" measures that would be so popular the Public, and maybe more Senate Democrats, would insist on passage.