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Senator Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut Democrat who consults closely with the White House on health care, said he was getting an ominously fuzzy message. "If I'm getting any signals at all," he said, "it is in the direction of folding up the tent" for this year. In Congress, he observed, "people who want to do nothing and people who want to do too much are peeling off," leaving only a minority interested in modest steps and compromise. One of those splitting off on the left was Representative Jim McDermott, a Democrat from Washington State who favors a "single payer...
...Clinton because "I figured he'd stick it to the fat cats." Now, says Cordow, "it looks like the fat cats are sticking it to Clinton; I mean it's getting embarrassing. Sure the guy means well, but don't we all?" Even Montgomery County Democratic Party chairman Dennis Lieberman concedes that "Clinton's position in Montgomery County is not as strong...
...people are getting suspicious. Of those polled by TIME/CNN, nearly two- thirds expect to pay more for health care under Clinton's plan. Senator Joseph Lieberman, a moderate Democrat from Connecticut, believes that what many Americans mean when they say they support universal coverage is that they want their existing coverage to continue. Says Lieberman: "People are beginning to worry that they'll end up paying more and getting less...
...Early indications are that the vouchers areselling very quickly and that people are enjoyinghaving this new option to help," Lieberman said."People on the street are also enjoying theprogram and are redeeming the vouchers...