Former Governor and DNC chair Howard Dean, MD, a darling of the right? Okay, that may be stretching things a bit; but after a nation has had time to fully digest the latest political goings-on in Senate chambers on the Hill, his sentiments are being echoed amongst those who identify as moderate and center-right. Actually, many more Americans left and right, no doubt exasperated over the drama occurring daily in the Senate, are simply fed up with their elected officials acting like stubborn children fighting over a bill whose potential impact lessens by the hour.

The latest polling adds to this assertion, and Howard Dean’s — for that matter. You can also add liberal MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann to that list. The heavy run-up to This Week In Healthcare Reform began more than a year ago (it seems like a century) with Democrats promising their base that a public option was essentially assured. What a difference a year makes. With a vote — which now seems almost pointless — in peril by Christmas; political wonks, pundits, and the average American feel that the reform bill is gone. Many of them want Congress to just start over.

All of which leaves whatever Obama settles for and possibly signs — due a heavy explanation to the people who put him into office. | LINK

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