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Whatever will Republican obstructionists do? For two years they have had a field day complaining about health care reform, and today President Obama called a halt to the festivities by inviting them to come up with a better plan for their own states! Ever gracious, Obama even offered to give them a helping hand if the program covers everyone ad doesn’t increase the deficit. Taxing billionaires is sounding better every day.
Most of all, this puts the responsibility back in the laps of Republicans, and eliminates their major campaign complaint. First no viable candidates, now this!
Republican Senator Orin Hatch who was once a friend of Ted Kennedy is up for re election has gone over to the Tea Party claiming the new option is "Bull" and "Baloney". Which is a step up from a few days ago when he called Health Care reform a "stupid, dumbass program" and "an awful piece of crap," to the applause of Utah State University students.