Thank God for (some) Democrats

I never thought I'd utter the words of the title of this post. (And I certainly hope that they aren't premature.) However, I believe there is some encouraging news on the Obamacare front: The Hill reported yesterday that some 21 "Blue Dog" Democrats signed a letter drafted to Nanci Pelosi opposing her income surtax on the wealthy to fund the Health Care package. And, as I understand it, there are enough of these 21 Democrats in key positions that their opposition to the bill could be enough to kill it in its tracks.

As I ponder this, I am reminded that our battle is not necessarily against a particular party -- but against the ideas that are most typically held by a particular party. In other words, Democrats aren't necessarily the enemy here -- liberal ideology is. (Granted, I realized that typically Democrats typically have more liberal ideology, and so they tend to be squarely identified as "the enemy"; but not always.) And, given the fact that Democrats can push this through without a single Republican vote means that Democrat opposition to this bill is currently far more important (and effective) than Republican opposition.

Overall, let us hope that these 21 do not cave on Obamacare the way that many Democrats did on the energy bill. And, in the interest of intellectual honesty, I will provide the names of the individuals who signed this letter below. If they represent your Congressional district, please let them know that you approve of their actions -- and urge them to hold fast to the principles they expressed in the letter.

Those who signed the letter:
Jared Polis
Eric Massa
Glenn Nye
Harry Teague
Frank Kratovil
John Boccieri
Steve Drichaus
Parker Griffith
Jim Himes
Tom Perriello
Bobby Bright
Dan Maffet
Mike Quigley
Paul Hodes
Gerry Connolly
Gary Peters
Betsy markey
Michael McMahon
John Adler
Ben Ray Lujan
Walt Minnick
Dina Titus