Pelosi's Suicide Pact: A death panel for the Democratic majority

We learned yesterday that Blue Dog Democrats were mostly MIA from the Capitol and Congressional office buildings yesterday when the rally was held against Pelosicare and Obamacare. Today we learn that Pelosi will keep the Congress in session until they vote not allowing them to return to their district. Wonder if she cut off their phone service as well?

Pelosi's Suicide Pact: A death panel for the Democratic majority
The Wall Street Journal
November 5, 2009
James Taranto

The voters be damned: That seems to be Speaker Nancy Pelosi's attitude in the wake of big Democratic losses on Tuesday. "House Democratic leaders, undeterred by delays in the Senate or this week's Republican electoral triumphs, plan to call a vote Saturday on the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. health-care policy in four decades," Bloomberg reports:

The House will move on the $1.05 trillion legislation that would cover 36 million uninsured people and create a government plan to compete with private insurers even after the election of Republican governors in New Jersey and Virginia. President Barack Obama will go to Capitol Hill tomorrow to meet with House Democrats, as they seek the 218 votes they need to pass the bill, a Democratic leadership aide said.
Politico reports that "leaders expect a close vote, with a one-or two-vote margin, and no Rs." They plan to pass this monstrosity without bipartisan support and with the bare minimum of support from their own party. "Pelosi has reportedly told fellow Democrats that she's prepared to lose seats in 2010 if that's what it takes to pass ObamaCare," The Wall Street Journal reports. Is she mad?

No, not really. Or we should say only ideologically, in that she loves the monstrous idea of socialized medicine. Given that, though, her actions make perfect sense in terms of practical politics. After all, this is likely to be the high-water mark for liberal Democrats. They're likely to lose House seats next year anyway, and there's no guarantee President Obama will be re-elected. At 69, Pelosi stands a good chance of facing a death panel before she leads a majority of this size again.
Besides, her seat is in no jeopardy.

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Today we also learned from Human Events about the Pelosi meeting with Freshman Democrats where the Dictator had her say which is mind boggling to say the least:

A little over two weeks ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) convened a meeting with the thirty-five Democratic freshmen to hear their concerns about the massive health care “reform” bill she is determined to pass. Each of the freshmen was permitted to air his concerns and many mentioned the anger their constituents conveyed in townhall meetings throughout August.

When they’d finished, according to a well-informed House source, Pelosi threw back her chair, stood up and told the Democrat freshman class that they were the biggest bunch of wimps that had ever been elected (I’m paraphrasing here, as this is a family publication) and that “you will all vote for the bill.”

Pelosi -- according my source -- told these and other Democrats that some of them might lose because of their votes for the Pelosicare bill but that they had better vote for it anyway. And, she added, she was prepared to lose the House majority in order to win the health care battle because she was convinced that the Democrats would win it back in four or six years.

Excerpt: Read More at Human Events Pelosi's Kamikazes