Blogger Conference Call Notes
This afternoon, I participated in another Whip's Office blogger conference call. Kevin McCarthy and Parkerr Griffith were the congressmen on the other end of the line. Also participating in the call were Matthew Continetti of the Weekly Standard, Jed Babbin of Human Events and James Antle of the American Spectator.
The biggest news from the call came when Kevin McCarthy said that Democrats currently have 206 votes for Pelosicare. McCarthy also said that he thought that Democrats had gone backwards from last week, partially due to the Slaughter Solution. Apparently, that path isn't sitting well with fence-sitting Democrats.
Jed Babbin's question focused on why House Democrats would trust their Senate counterparts, referencing the line in Animal House that says "It's your fault. You trusted us." We were told that alot of Democrats don't trust Senate Democrats to get the House's corrections passed.
Griffith made an astonishing statement in response to my question about actual health care reform. Rep. Griffith said that health care won't be achieved by this bill because we're already experiencing a doctor shortage which will get substantially worse if Obamacare is passed. Griffith said that much more money had to be invested in schools to train tomorrow's physicians, especially with cardiologists and primary care physicians.
Griffith said that the whip team knows everything about each undecided congressman, including the demographics of his district, his popularity, whether he's in a safe seat and how popular the president and Speaker Pelosi are in his district. They even know whether he wants a special project built in his district or if his state is experiencing a Medicaid shortfall that needs fixing.
Follow this link to read Matthew Continetti's post about the call. This link takes you to James Antle's post and update of the call.
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