Politics

Even though I haven't posted much on the healthcare debate lately, I have been watching it with interest. It's like watching a good sporting event where your team is winning and looks like it will win, but you're never sure until the final whistle. It looks like the thing will actually pass this Sunday. Intrade, a real-money stock exchange where people put their money where their mouths are, rates the chances at 85%. Nate Silver, of fivethirtyeight.com fame, the primo-predictor the last election essentially agrees. Obama and Pelosi have pulled out all the stops and put on a full-court press and whatever other metaphors you want to use. Obama is in full campaign mode, and still has a little of that old magic left. If the bill doesn't pass, it will be one of the most shocking defeats of a presidential initiative ever. I still think it's a really crappy bill, but it's better than the status quo and will help real people at least a bit. And besides, I couldn't bear the chortling of the right-wing-whackos if the bill fails to pass.

In the meantime, the Republican Governors Association is putting out commercials like this:



Note the music from The Omen (and every other horror movie). Inspiring stuff, isn't it?!