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

[Left-Wing Wacko]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Carrol Cox<cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> 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?

Carrol,
Actually, no, I don't think there will ever be enough "left-leaning
Democrats" in the next ten years to pass single-payer.  If this should
happen it would likely be under significantly different conditions
than at present with mobilized social movements of the left pushing
them to implement such reforms.

However, "left-leaning Democrats" are not like "little green men",
they do exist (Kucinich, Maxine Waters, Conyers etc.), although
admittedly they are very rare species.  And as far as wishes are
concerned I would like to see something more significant than
"left-leaning Democrats", like maybe a new mass party of the left, or
a socialist revolution.  How's that for wishes?
Sheldon