Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Rule Change: Not in OUR House
Sean kicked off Thursday’s show celebrating news reported from Bloomberg News that the Senate parliamentarian ruled today that the President would have to sign a Senate health bill into law before the House and Senate can approve changes to it. What does this mean? It means that the idea of passing Obama Care in the middle of the night through backdoor tactics like reconciliation. “What everyone has to understand is that the House is trying to thwart the will of the American people,” warned Sean, “This is simply what out of control government looks like!” It’s really difficult to understand why our leaders are trying so hard to circumvent normal procedures to pass legislation that is so seemingly unpopular. Is this what Democracy is supposed to look like?
Doug Shoen and Scott Rasmussen
Sean was joined on the NewsMaker hotline by pollsters Doug Shoen and Scott Rasmussen to talk about the latest polls. “Doug, you’ve seen all the corruption associated with this bill and apparently ostensibly what they’re hoping to do is pass a rule that says the bill has already passed the Senate so they would only need to vote on changing the rule and they’d change the law,” questioned Sean. “I’d tell you this,” responded Shoen, “It is anti-democratic and it is harmful to our country.” “What they’re doing is challenging the major notion of what a constitutional government is all about,” argued Rasmussen. The Democrats are in a very difficult position because their base was energized by the notion of universal health care but the not-so-silent majority of Americans are saying they don’t want it. That’s not a good combination heading into the November elections.
Michele Bachmann: Kill The Bill
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann joined Sean to announce her “Kill the Bill” Rally which she’s scheduled for March 13th in St. Paul Minnesota where she’s encouraging people to make this Saturday the opportunity to speak out against Obama Care. “Yesterday, Congressman Cantor told us they didn’t have the votes to pass this bill,” questioned Sean, “is that true?” Congresswoman Bachmann said, “They’re eating their own right now, they even booed the White House’s presentation of health care reform today.” This is a great opportunity to put the final squash on this terrible idea.
Show Guests
Michele Bachmann
Michele Marie Amble Bachmann (born April 6, 1956) is the United States Representative of Minnesota's 6th congressional district and member of the Republican Party . She is the third woman and first Republican woman to represent Minnesota in Congress. She defeated her Democratic challenger, Elwyn Tinklenberg , in the 2008 election in a race that had gained national attention following her controversial televised call for the media to investigate members of Congress for perceived anti-American bias, including Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama . The 6th congressional district includes the northern far suburbs of the Twin Cities along with St. Cloud . She won 50 percent of the votes in the 2006 election , defeating Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate Patty Wetterling and the Independence Party 's John Binkowski . Bachmann served in the Minnesota State Senate from 2001 to 2007.
Doug Schoen
Doug Schoen was named Pollster of the Year in 1996 by the American Association of Political Consultants Dr. Schoen was President William Jefferson Clinton's research and strategic consultant during the 1996 reelection, and has been widely credited with creating and effectively communicating the message that turned around the President's political fortunes between 1994 and 1996. For more than twenty years Dr. Schoen has created winning messages and provided strategic advice to numerous political clients in the United States and to heads of state in countries around the world, including Greece, Turkey, Israel, the Philippines, Korea, the Dominican Republic, Bermuda and Yugoslavia.
