I so wish Dennis Kucinich was President instead of Barry, the neo-liberal Reagan loving wimp.
What happened to the party of FDR. Why can’t we have a real choice instead of two Corporate shills one ultra right and one merely right wing?
From Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/kucinich-gops-anti-health-reform-push-may-fuel-medicare-for-all-drive/
By Nathan Diebenow
Saturday, January 1st, 2011 — 5:56 pm
Should Republicans push for the repeal of President Obama’s health care reform package in the next session of Congress, a Medicare-for-all plan would be politically easier to implement, a liberal congressman recently predicted.
“So, my Republican friends who are working very hard to demolish the bill, may, in fact, inadvertently, paradoxically be creating the opening to push single-payer forward again,” Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) told FoxNews Friday.
Kucinich, however, faces a fight to stick around Washington and push for a nationwide non-profit health care finance system because of congressional redistricting moves spearheaded by an Ohio General Assembly dominated by Republicans.
The US Census Bureau recently announced that the state of Ohio will lose two of its 18 congressional districts. This announcement fueled speculation that Kucinich, a seven-term congressman, could lose his seat because his Cleveland-area district has lost population, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.
“I don’t have any control over this process, so I’m not going to worry about it,” Kucinich, a fierce co-sponsor of HR 676, which would extend Medicare to every American, told the Plain Dealer in December.
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