UTICA, NY – In an opinion/editorial piece published today on the BBC pollster John Zogby lays out the political ramifications of last night’s passage of the healthcare reform plan.
Here is an excerpt:
With the passage of healthcare reform, the battle lines are firmly drawn for the congressional elections in November.
This will be a classic ideological war, the like of which we have rarely seen in the US.
Republicans not only refused to vote for this package, their opposition was passionate and, at times, shrill.
They sense that President Barack Obama and the Democrats have crossed the line of fiscal responsibility and even common decency by using congressional procedures to pass the bill and offering perks to some recalcitrant Democrats to win their support.
