[lbo-talk] AP: White House appears ready to drop 'public option'

[Carrol Cox]

Left-Wing Wacko wrote: "It seems Obama's position is that he will sign
whatever Congress can come up with.  Shit, ****if there were enough left
leaning Dems**** pushing for single payer, he might even sign it.  They
really are just abdicating any real leadership on the details. 

As they say, if wishes were horses beggars would ride. Do you think
there will in (say) the next 10 years enough "left-leaning Democrats" to
pass single payer? Why and how should that happen?

Electoral power at the national level tends to swing back and forth
between RP & DP on a 8-12 year cycle. 

If you want single-payer, think not in terms of a Congress and President
who want it but of what the conditions have to be for a President and
Congresds who oppose it to nevertheless pass it. Most significantg
'progressive' legislation is passed under such conditions. The Congrress
that passed the Civil Rights Act almost certainly didn't favor it but
recognized that they had no choice.

Carrol