October 17, 2009

Reaching the 60-Vote Threshold on Health Care

Eleanor Clift, Newsweek

Will Joe Lieberman be the first Democratic domino to fall on health-care reform? Will Olympia Snowe be the first Republican one?

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Getting health-care reform to this point has been like a game of chess, a test of strategic skill, with each move prompting a countermove as the surviving elements of the bills progress through the process. It's a major accomplishment for President Obama and the Democrats to have gotten this far, but now the game changes. From here on, passing legislation is more like a game of dominoes than chess, with lawmakers who fall into line taking their neighbors down with them. (Click here to follow Eleanor Clift)

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