Canada Wins Gold, Congratulations!
Chile Earthquake 8.8 Magnitude
A police officer controls the traffic aside of an elevated highway that collapsed in Santiago following a powerful earthquake in central Chile, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010.(AP Photo/David Lillo)
Huge earthquake strikes Chile, 85 dead…
With a computer graphic showing the possible path of tsunami waves from an earthquake in Chile, Dr. Charles McCreery speaks on the phone at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 in Ewa Beach, Hawaii. The State of Hawaii is under a tsunami warning after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake rattled Chile today.(AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
Hockey: USA 6 FINLAND 1 …GAME OVER!
U-S-A! HEADS TO A CHANCE FOR GOLD…
USA goalie Ryan Miller (39)
It’s Ryan Miller Time
SCORE!…SCORE!!…SCORE!!!…SCORE!!!!…SCORE!!!!!SCORE!!!!!!
USA players celebrate after a men’s quarterfinal round ice hockey game against Switzerland at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. USA won 2-0.(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
A USA player smashes against the boards during the Men’s Ice Hockey Quarter-finals game between USA and Switzerland at the Canada Hockey Place during the XXI Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. USA won 2-0.(AFP/Luis Acosta)
Majority Vote! 51
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, listens as House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., left, talks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., during a health care reform meeting with President Barack Obama, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, in the Blair House in across the street from the White House in Washington.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Democratic Whip (SC) Rep.Jim Clyburn tonight was confident that Healthcare Reform can be passed by using reconciliation or also called a majority vote in the Senate. Rep. Clyburn indicated the Senate bill can get passed through the House but would need to be cleansed of the special deals such as the ones made with Louisiana and Nebraska. No public option but a stong comprehensive healthcare reform bill that opens up large exchanges that will create large pools of insured Americans thus lowering the cost to buy insurance.
Democrats I believe have to move on this because doing nothing will not only hurt healthcare cost and access for millions of Americans their base will not be energized the first Tuesday in November. Also, independents will see this as a weakness by democrats who were overwhelmingly voted in 2008 to make real changes.
Bring An Up Or Down Vote
Democrats, including, standing from right, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C., and Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., applaud on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, during President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Next?
Healthcare Summit Wraps Up At The Blair House…I’m not sure that they got any closer than when they walked in this morning.
No more cushy health insurance plans for all of the U.S. Senators and Representatives and then we’ll see stat progress.
US President Barack Obama(center L) hosts a bipartisan meeting to discuss health reform legislation at Blair House. Obama warned Democrats and Republicans to avoid “political theater.“(AFP/Saul Loeb)
