When You Botch the Stimulus, No One Believes Your Health-Care Promises - Jim Geraghty

When You Botch the Stimulus, No One Believes Your Health-Care Promises - Jim Geraghty:

This sentence, deep in the Washington Post’s coverage of the health-care summit, made me shake my head and be glad I’m not a congressional Democrat:

The White House's best hope — perhaps its only hope — is that Obama can use a masterful performance during the six-hour appearance to 'stiffen the spine' of congressional Democrats, one senior official said, persuading them to pass health-care legislation using the mechanism known as reconciliation, which requires a simple majority of 51 rather than 60 votes to prevail in the Senate."