1 Vote WIN - HCR ?

The Hill: Has a prediction on the health care vote, the articles states that Speaker Pelosi will win by one vote, the tally for HCR would be 216 - 215. As stated this blog has predicted a two to three vote win for Speaker Pelosi, Fox News has a reverse prediction 211 - 220 against the Bill. The Speaker will not go to the floor without the votes. Thus with pressure from Speaker Pelosi and the Oval Office moderate and conservative Democrats will sacrifice their political careers for the political leadership. No greater sacrifice that the liberal leadership will kill the political careers of their own members.

The Altmire Choice - HCR

Politico: Reports on the tea leaves reading of Rep. Altmire of Pennsyvlania, a blue dog Democrat that could be as the LA Times points out the vote that could pass or sink health care reform. The Congressman thinks that Speaker Pelosi is having trouble getting the votes for HCR. It can be argued that Rep Altmire is not reading Speaker Pelosi in the correct manner, the Speaker would have to be on pot to take HCR to the floor if she does not have the votes. This blog has predicted a two to three vote win for ObamaCare, but also predicted that the House will go Republican in 2010 and that Obama will either not run in 2012 or will be like Walter Mondale and lose by 49 states to Scott Brown of Mass.

The CON is ON - HCR

The New York Times: Reports that Speaker Pelosi might use a Parliamentary trick to get health care reform through, the NYT writes the following, " Once the rule is adopted, the Senate bill would be “deemed” to have passed without House members actually voting on it. ". In other words a con folks, the House would be voting on the health care reform in reality but it would look like they are voting on their preferred Bill. This is a con that would make con men blush, if this is the level of corruption that the Democrats have fallen too they will suffer a political tsunami in the 2010 Mid Term Congressional Elections. If moderate and conservative Democrats want a political career they will throw Pelosi over the political cliff, otherwise it will be Pelosi who feeds her members to the lions. Of course Pelosi is safe in her liberal district.

Afghanistan Death - Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Reports that a British Soldier has died of his wounds suffered in Afghanistan, the soldier was in the UK when he died. The soldier was from the " 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, serving as part of the Household Cavalry Regiment Battle Group ". Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 273 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 240 in combat operations and 33 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.