If I have heard it once I’ve heard it a thousand times that the Democrats believe their chances in November are far worse if the Healthcare Legislation fails than if they push it through the Congress and succeed at their campaign promise.  Can this be right?

There is at maximum 20% of the electorate that expects the Democrats to provide them universal healthcare.  The balance of the country is independent or conservative.  Democrats have already drawn the ire of all conservatives and most independents by pushing as far and as long as they have to make us swallow this monstrous legislation.  Does it then not make more sense that with 70 or 75% of the electorate, according to recent polls, wanting the Congress to either start over or totally abandon healthcare legislation that their success will be met by an electorate that is at least 70% against them in November? 

This legislation can only be passed by ignoring Senate rules and by strong arm tactics in the House.  Should they do this, Democrats may have more to worry about than the “red states” where we know Democrats will be vulnerable in November.  New Jersey and Massachusetts demonstrated that blue states can also provide Republican victories.  I agree with Al D’Amato when he said Massachusetts was not voting for a Republican when they put Scott Brown in the Senate but they were voting against the arrogance of power as demonstrated by Pelosi, Reid and Obama. What could be more arrogant than strong arm tactics and redefinition of Senate rules to enable passage of a bill that the public is vociferously screaming at their Senators and Congressmen that we don’t want? 

The American electorate has a remarkably short memory but the electorate will not forget this because we won’t let them.   If this bill passes, the moment it does Republicans and Tea Party Activists will immediately begin a Repeal Healthcare Campaign and we will remind everyone what happened and how it happened.  Every member of Congress who voted for this bill will have a scarlet letter painted on their forehead. 

Regardless of the ultimate outcome of this legislation I firmly believe Republicans need to set new goals in November, 51% is not enough.  With the vulnerability the Democrats have created for themselves Republicans need to set a '2/3' goal.  They cannot make this mathematically in the Senate this year but they can in 2012 if they do sufficiently well in 2010.  The House could be taken to 2/3 immediately.  The electorate will want a means to repeal Obama/Pelosi/Reid legislation and for two years they will need the ability to override any Obama veto.  If the right lesson is taught to the Democrat Senators who will be vulnerable in 2012 then perhaps we would be able to also get the 67 votes in the Senate that are needed to override a presidential veto on legislation that would repeal Healthcare, repeal the stimulus and return unspent money to the treasury, force the repayment of debt, force the reduction in government, force the elimination of unconfirmed czars currently in the White House, remove the jurisdiction from civilian courts with regard to our nation's enemies, force a law that no longer exempts the Congress from its own legislation and enables the passage of a Constitutional Amendment calling for a balanced budget by a date certain and perhaps another that clarifies the birthright of persons born to parents in this country illegally as non-existent, null and void.