What gave republicans the false impression that health care reform is up for debate?

Sorry, honey. It IS up for debate. The debate is going on. Obama does NOT have the support in the Senate to pass this awful bill. It now looks like he never will. He has no other choice but to debate. If he and Nancy Pelosi HAD the votes, they would have called a vote already and passed it through quickly. They are trying to convince OUR Senators to get onboard. We're simply reminding these senators who they work for...and it is NOT Obama. Support for the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats has fallen to a new low. Just 42% favor the plan while 53% are opposed. Other data shows that 51% fear the federal government more than private insurance companies. Forty-one percent (41%) fear the insurance companies more. Overall, 32% favor a single-payer health care system for the U.S. while 57% are opposed. (winking at Zarathustra)

You would stupidly support something you have no knowledge of. No wonder we're in trouble.

Yes. That makes sense. 51% voted for him, 49% did not. That sounds like it is all settled. I feel sorry for anyone who has to deal with you: kids, parents, friends.

Well he lied because he said it would be affordable, a quick search on the internet will show that taxes on the working class will definitely go up!!!

"we" will pass it? Get a clue. Members of the House and Senate are in it for THEMSELVES. Not for us, not for Obama. They want to be re-elected. And MANY of those who vote for this abortion of our constitution will lose their jobs, thankfully. So go ahead...pass it. The next Congress will be controlled by the "other" party...and it can be repealed or drastically modified...before it ever starts.

He was elected on many other "promises" that he broke. And he was elected after promising healthcare reform. He wasn't elected based on the verbage of the current bill. Many of us don't have a problem with healthcare reform. We just don't like how BO is going about it. (remember how it worked out for Hillary being the "inevitable" victor. Plus BO can't even get all the Dems on board with his ideas...sorry but you are just wrong on this one.)

Republicans in Washington are just as crooked as Obama. The people who are against the bill are independent traditionalist Americans, who, by the way, far out number the people who want this bill to pass.

Elections indeed have consequences for those without political power.

I knows! I hate it when people think their opinion matters too! We just need to do whatever we want to and if they wont go along with it then we can send our union thugs on them when they show up to the town hall meetings!