Today's exhibits: Senator Richard Shelby, who says he will vote to confirm Hagel as SecDef, and Florida governor Rick Scott, who made opposition to FHer-care core to his very political identity, and is now going to accept federal expansion of Medicaid in his state.
We are truly on our own.
It is reported that Scott was heavily lobbied by hospital and religious interests and that 65% of his "flock" were in favor. He must want to get reelected. Currently he has a 35% approval rating. It's pretty clear he did the right thing by more citizens than the wrong thing. I still do't like him, but he has moderated quit a bit since coming on like gang busters and trashing high speed rail which had been in the works for decades. I still think he gets trounced in '13 despite a pretty hefty wallet from his medicare fraud days. Newly minted dem Charlie Crist is panting for the job again, I hear. His tanliness graces billboards for an ambulance chasing law firm all over the state now. Its all about the $$$$ now. So crass. So predictable.
ReplyDeleteYou really want that government high-speed rail nonsense?
ReplyDeleteVery proud of Texas's Perry and Virginia's McDonnell, both of whom said a definitive "no" to Medicaid expansion.
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