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...That much is clear in the run-up to the bipartisan health care summit that President Obama is scheduled to host on Thursday - and in the reaction to the compromise plan he put out to start the week. For better or worse, there now seems to be room only for partisan posturing, jockeying, optics and framing. If Democrats win this game, they may still be able to pass health reform. If Republicans prevail, they will hand Obama a stunning defeat that could set the tone for the 2010 midterm elections. (See pictures of the health care debate...
...After months of criticism that he wasn't personally involved in shaping the health reform conversation, Obama on Monday finally released his own plan for legislation. Posted on a series of glitzy new Web pages, it was heralded by the White House as "the President's proposal." The plan, however, can more accurately be described as the Senate's reform bill with a series of adjustments meant to placate more liberal Democrats in the House. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said the Obama plan was "yet another partisan, backroom bill that slashes Medicare for our seniors." While the Administration...
...Democratic reform bills and "start over." This idea gained no traction, and Republicans realized they could not skip the meeting - it's hard politically to turn down an invitation to be bipartisan. Boehner then sent a follow-up open letter deriding congressional Democrats for "plotting legislative trickery" to pass health reform. (See 10 health care reform players...
...avenue exists if one wants to pursue it." On an earlier call with reporters, White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer declared, "We have made no determination which process to move forward," but then said, "The President expects and believes the American people deserve an up or down vote on health reform," adding that the President's fixes to the Senate bill were designed "with maximum flexibility to ensure we can get an up or down vote in case the opposition decides to take the extraordinary step of filibustering health reform...
...have already adopted all their favorite Republican ideas and won't be adding any major new ones to their reform legislation. (One possible exception is medical-malpractice reform. Obama has said he's open to the idea, which is often cited by Republicans as a major driver of rising health care costs.) In a sign of how little value Obama places on Republican votes at this point - or how unobtainable he believes them to be - the White House reform plan includes a large new tax on unearned income. (Read "Can Obama Rebuild Bipartisan Trust...