Remember all the way back in 2008 when Barack Obama promised ‘no more politics as usual’? Today, the president plans to nuke that promise. President Obama is going to pursue the nuclear option (so derided by Democrats when they were in the minority) on health care (which would require 51 votes in the Senate as opposed to 60). His reasoning? Everyone does it! Guess who Obama is going to blame for this one….. you nailed it! None other than George W. Bush. It’s so nice to be living in the era of hope and change, with the new politics of Obamalot. The man of hope, who was going to end the practice of ‘politics as usual’ is using ‘politics as usual’ as his justification to ram through a bill anywhere between 58% and 52% of Americans do not want.

How else does The One plan on ramming this bill through? If you guessed scare tactics you’re today’s lucky winner. President Obama plans on painting a picture of the world where health care premiums skyrocket and everyone is at the mercy of evil insurance companies, unless his health care plan is nuked through the Senate immediately. Where else have we heard this chicken-little story that if a bill is not passed immediately the sky is going to fall? The o so necessary TARP and Porkulus bills. How have those two gems worked out? Everything is an emergency. Everything needs to be passed NOW! before anyone can read it. If legislation is not passed we’re always supposed to believe that the sky in fact will fall.

The President and his Congress have an ever expanding credibility gap. They make promises they have no intention of keeping and they are trying to enact some of the most unpopular legislation in American history. The American people do not want government-run health care, which is what any Democrat health care bill will lead to. Not now, not ever