What Will Democrats Do?

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH Whatever it takes. Whatever Joe wants. That’s the short answer to what the Democrats will do to get health care reform passed. If Joe Lieberman doesn’t want 55-year-olds to buy into Medicare, they won’t. Poof. Gone. There is only one number that matters right now, and that number is 60. Anything that would cost the Democrats 60 votes will have to go. The perfect is the enemy of the possible. The possible […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.