Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama are acting like they have the votes for health care reform.  If they don’t, this is going to be very embarrassing.  At this point, we will assume that they do have the votes, but the question remains:  for what?  No one seems to know.  One option is that the House will vote to approve the Senate bill, as is.  If they do that, Obama will quickly sign it, and it will become law.  I find it hard to believe that House Democrats will actually vote for the Senate bill, as currently written.  My guess is that they are going to vote on a reconciliation bill first, for which they may be able to get the votes.  Then, the will vote on the Senate bill, with the understanding that the reconciliation bill will change the bill.

The belief is that this reconciliation bill will be passed by the Senate, with a simple majority and the law will be singed into action.  Even if this passes the House tomorrow, this is far from a done deal.  The Republicans in the Senate appear to be very united and they are going to work very hard to stop this legislation.

In the theme of the day is, Trust Me, I’m Lying.  Pro-life democrats are being told that federal funding of abortions will be banned in the final bill.  Pro-choice democrats are being told that federal funding of abortions will not be banned in the final bill.  Obviously, someone is going to make this vote based on a bald-faced lie.  House members are being told that the Senate will be able to pass this bill. 

In my opinion, the Democrats are big losers either way.  Some people think they are better off passing this than not, but I strongly disagree.  There is unprecedented anger and disgust for this congress and this administration.  While a handful of people on the extreme far left will be ecstatic, a high percentage of Americans will be more than dismayed, they will be frightened.  More importantly, they will be furious.  At this point we better hope, if it passes in the House, that people will have faith that the Senate or the Supreme Court will be able to stop it.

Glenn Beck often has his finger on the pulse of America better than just about anyone else.  If you noticed lately he is practically begging people to remain calm and to avoid violence.  There is a reason for that.  When a government ignores public opinion to the extent it is being ignored by this government, there is a significant potential for wide spread public outrage.  It would not take much of a spark to ignite a revolution.

There is a lot going on, and don’t be surprised to see the vote postponed once again.  The worst case scenario for Obama, Pelosi and Reid is a straight up and down vote that fails.  Such a defeat would literally end the Obama Presidency for all practical purposes. 

Right now, the Republicans look gloomy and Nancy Pelosi looks giggly.  That is usually a bad sign.  We will know tomorrow.