Dems Setting The Stage For Their Massive Defeat

If you wanted to create a plan that would guarantee a massive Dem bloodbath in 2010 it would be hard to come up with something better than this:

House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) held a hearing this morning to certify that H.R. 3200 -- the main House Obamacare bill which was the subject of all the town hall rage in August -- has met all requirements to pass as a “budget reconciliation” measure.

Under reconciliation, the bill can be passed by a simple majority vote in the Senate -- just 51 votes -- and will be given preferential treatment on the House floor as well. The Dems have apparently invoked the “nuclear option” to shut out Republicans and ensure the bill is passed before the end of the year.

The bill certified for “reconciliation” is the Ways & Means version of H.R. 3200 that was passed out of committee before the August break, and before it was read aloud at town hall meetings across the country and blasted by voters across the country.

It contains all of the horrors previously exposed: federal funding of abortion, coverage for illegal aliens, comparative effectiveness, healthcare rationing, deep cuts to Medicare. Everything the American people overwhelmingly reject.

Of course, this is not a budget reconciliation bill at all, but a budget busting bill. However, by going the reconciliation route the bill becomes filibuster-proof in the Senate, meaning Harry Reid doesn't have to herd all of his votes and hope for Olympia Snowe to join them. It's a recipe for outright war in the Senate, and that's what the GOP better give them.