one would expect Pelosi to not back automatic registration for that reason, so i'm guessing a negation got lost in parsing
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Replying to @chaosprime @troughofluxury
Huh? It wouldn't hurt her in a general election. So it's a easy does-nothing-to-CA bill to support. I'm thinking this is because shes leader
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Trying to avoid "democrats want voter fraud" bullshit. It's dumb play for her.
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Replying to @jonathankoren @troughofluxury
oh, i see. i was thinking that since it doesn't impact her, she's free to vote her preference, which is always whatever fucks poor people
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Replying to @chaosprime @troughofluxury
I also have no reason to believe that's her preference, especially since she was able to wrangle up the votes to get Obamacare passed.
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Replying to @jonathankoren @troughofluxury
ah, yeah, to me "wrangle up the votes to get Obamacare passed" reads as "desperately maneuvered to put a stake in single-payer's heart"
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Replying to @chaosprime @troughofluxury
Single payer simply didn't have the support it does today in 2009. It was the smarter policy, but couldn't pass, Even ACA was hard to pass
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Replying to @jonathankoren @troughofluxury
the way i heard it it had plenty of legs until Lieberman decided it wasn't free market enough http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/prescriptions/2009/10/did_lieberman_just_kill_the_public_option.html …
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part of the reason ACA was hard to pass is that it pissed off so many people by being a right wing birthed corporate giveaway
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Replying to @chaosprime @troughofluxury
Also, you were not going to get a single republican vote. But in the end the vote is "Do you want 20M more with insurance or not?"
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sure, after not *needing* a single Republican vote but wasting the opportunity to cover everyone in the pursuit of it anyway
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