I disagree. Having some first hand knowledge of 'what the Republicans think', I can assure you they are painfully aware that it was their fault. And if the Democrats get their asses handed to them in the next two elections, will you then agree that it was their fault? Will they? (Hint: they sure didn't admit it the last time it happened - say in 1994. They blamed the stupid, ignorant, voter.)
I believe the Democrats will get their asses handed to them in 2010 and 2012 as well.
Thats the way the game is played. One party does stupid assinine things and get voted out. The other party then follow suite and they get voted out. What makes anyone think it won't happen this time??? From most of the polls I've seen a majority of the American people were totally against this healthcare clusterfuck that the Dems passed. They even had to bribe their own Dem Senators to get it passed. Reid didn't seem to care how many moderate Dems he threw under that big assed bus of his just so long as he got his 60 votes.
Now it remains to be seen what bill the House and Senate can come up with. Should be interesting to say the least.
Well the House bill rivaled
War & Peace in wordage and the Senate Bill at 2007 pages was even worse though, based on preliminary analysis, a bit less extreme. To merge these two bills, if we can believe some of the politicians--can we believe ANY politician?--to appease all or nothing provisions demanded by some members of the House including Pelosi, it will require some Democrat Senators to agree to what they say they won't agree, and vice versa.
The President of course wants to sign into law a bill he can crow about at the State of the Union address next month, but to get it, I think the final bill may be even more horrendous than even the House and Senate versions. It will certainly have more hidden loopholes and provisions that can be easily manipulated. They assume they can bribe or threaten enough members to pass it, but it may be after the SOTU address.
I think most of us already agree that this has never been about any kind of meaningful healthcare reform but has been purely to shift more money and power to government reflecting the best socialist/Marxist tradition principles yet.