Thread: Emanuel faces liberal pressure over 'trigger' comments

July 8, 2009

Emanuel faces liberal pressure over 'trigger' comments

Posted: 02:05 PM ET

From CNN Political Producer Rebecca Sinderbrand

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel came under fire from MoveOn Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The president's health care reform package — which has faced resistance from conservatives who oppose a public insurance option — came under attack from liberals yesterday, with most of the fire focused on White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

Emanuel's apparent suggestion in a Wall Street Journal article published Tuesday that the White House would be willing to consider a "trigger" clause on a public option — to delay full implementation of the plan if insurance companies met certain conditions on coverage and cost — drew outrage from liberal members of Congress and MoveOn.org, which has poured millions of dollars into a campaign supporting the president's health care proposal.

Progressive Caucus co-chair Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona immediately sent a letter to President Obama denouncing the idea. And MoveOn — which has launched ad campaigns in recent weeks pressuring equivocal senators to support the president's plan, and a public option — quickly turned its criticism on the White House.

"Can you call the White House switchboard and tell them you're disappointed in Chief of Staff Emanuel's comments supporting the 'trigger'?" MoveOn asked in a message sent to supporters Tuesday. The e-mail included the number for the White House switchboard. "Tell them voters want a strong public health insurance option-not half-measures like the 'trigger.'"

Within hours, the president issued a statement from Moscow that did not mention the controversy, but stressed his support for a public option. The statement did not specifically mention — or rule out — the use of a "trigger."

"I am pleased by the progress we're making on health care reform and still believe, as I've said before, that one of the best ways to bring down costs, provide more choices, and assure quality is a public option that will force the insurance companies to compete and keep them honest," he said. "I look forward to a final product that achieves these very important goals."

Yesterday afternoon, Emanuel himself headed to Capitol Hill, where he heard complaints from liberal lawmakers. The idea of a trigger option is popular with conservative Democrats — but according to Roll Call, legislators the chief of staff met with yesterday told him its inclusion in a final health care package would cost the proposal their support, sinking the measure.

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman said Emanuel had said what members were hoping to hear. "He doesn't stand by the trigger," Waxman told Roll Call. "He said the president and his administration and he are for a public plan as one of the options."

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Liberals are fools, these stupid people probably won't get what Universal health care means until they or someone they love is denied by the government an operation or procedure they need to live. And they will consequently go on to die a slow, painful death.

Wake up!

Obama said that people of a certain age would not be getting health care to save their lives. So if an individual happens to be over a certain age
( maybe over 60) is white, and on the right-wing list ( example: they might be a Christian or Against Abortion), the government will let them die.

Within hours, the president issued a statement from Moscow that did not mention the controversy, but stressed his support for a public option. The statement did not specifically mention — or rule out — the use of a "trigger."

"I am pleased by the progress we're making on health care reform and still believe, as I've said before, that one of the best ways to bring down costs, provide more choices, and assure quality is a public option that will force the insurance companies to compete and keep them honest," he said. "I look forward to a final product that achieves these very important goals




More non specific babble.....same as what we've seen happen with his big immigration reform plans as soon as he started back pedaling on that issue.

When cornered, he's very good at churning out "one size fits all" statements which can be taken to mean whatever the individual chooses to read into them.

I talked to someone yesterday that voted for Obama and wasn't even aware of what cap and trade was going to do to her little business. She wasn't even aware that ACORN employees had been convicted of voter fraud. You should have heard her argue with me when I told her that most of the opposition to E-Verify was coming from Dems and the president.

Those are the people that vote this garbage in. Those are the people that voted Obama in. Most don't have a clue what is going on and don't pay attention to what these people are doing. They just trust them because they are Democrats and they were always told that Democrats fight for the people. They just haven't figured out that the Democrats have sold them out the same way the Republicans have sold out their followers.