I have this idea. Why doesn't Newsweek, not too long from now, prepare a cover listing the pictures of the 10 or 15 Senators who are wavering on supporting Obama's health care reform plan?
The point of the cover is that this group could stop meaningful health care reform, and they are all Democrats.
The "tag" should be how 10 to 15 Democrats from small states may ruin health care reform for all of us.
Inside could be short profiles of the Senators, their financial supporters including health insurers, and information on how competitive health insurance is in each of their states.
As Paul Krugman points out in a recent column, in a number of these states the health insurance industry is virtually a monopoly.
Inside, you might also include the 2 or 3 Republicans who are not yet locked up in the insane asylum that is today's Republican Party.
These ten members of the Senate thrive on obscurity and we should give them all the publicity they deserve, including rumblings in their own state by powerful state-level Democrats who want to move the country forward and just might jump into the next primary to do so.
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