Call Your Reps.

The time is now. Last chance - only chance. Call your representatives and tell them you want them to vote for the Senate's bill. Yeah, it's not perfect, but it's what we've got. Convince them that it's what their constituents want - they already know it's what's best for America and the only logical possibility for Democrats to hold onto any political power in the next decade. Please, call them, e-mail them, beg them.

Crying Uncle

The Coakley loss is upsetting, but far worse is the Democrats' collective reaction to it. Apparently we've decided that the proper reaction to a campaign of nothing but obstructionism by the Republicans is to cave to it and let them have their way. Not passing health care reform is going to be a disaster for the country and for the Democratic Party, but that appears to be the plan, from what I can tell. The idea of passing it incrementally is ridiculously unrealistic.

What really bothers me about this is the incentive structure American voters and Democrats have created for minority parties into the future. The moral of this story is "just do everything you can to stall the legislature into a stalemate, and you will be rewarded." Looks just great for our future.