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...with 71 percent of New Yorkers assessing the governor’s work as either “fair” or “poor.” Paterson might not even survive a challenge in the Democratic gubernatorial primary and could very easily lose to a Republican challenger in the statewide race, especially if that challenger were to be former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, as some speculate...
...Democrats end up passing this major piece of legislation essentially on their own, there's no guarantee that it will spare them pain. On the contrary, Republicans are betting that whatever does get passed exclusively by their opponents will come back to bite the Democrats in both 2010 and 2012. Even while some pundits say the GOP will end up looking obstructionist, Republicans are quick to point out that the bulk of the bill - the exchange, which will help small businesses and the 47 million people who are uninsured buy affordable insurance, along with subsidies to help those...
...course, prefer to work with Republicans to get this done. I'm not sure it's better for Democrats, but it's certainly better for the country," says Eric Schultz, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which works to elect Democrats to the Senate. "But the bottom line is that Democrats were elected in 2006 and 2008 with a directive to change the direction of the country, and the health-care crisis was at the top of the list. We will not let political posturing get in the way of progress. It's this same posturing that...
Still, say Republicans, taking on such a monumental bill solo has almost never been done before: 16 Republicans voted for the 1935 Social Security Act and 13 voted to create Medicare, and they are quick to point out that 12 Democrats crossed the aisle to vote for the Medicare Prescription Drug Program in 2005. "I think the sheer act of passing it with Democratic-only votes would result in significant backlash, not just from Republicans - though clearly it would gin up Republican intensity - but I suspect from independents as well," says Whit Ayers, a GOP strategist...
...Republicans need to avoid the perception of being the Party of No, and it's not clear that they are succeeding. A Bloomberg survey this month found that a majority of people were disapproving of the Republican scare tactics that were used over the summer: 63% said death panels weren't legit, 59% said they didn't believe health care would be rationed, and 52% said they didn't believe the oft-repeated GOP line that the Dems are putting the nation on a path to socialized medicine. And a Sept. 11-13 USA Today/Gallup poll found that 60% believe...