What does that vast disparity reveal? If anything, Blue Dogs -- virtually all of whom represent more conservative districts -- are more vulnerable and thus more dependent for re-election on the White House and Democratic Party infrastructure than progressives are. If healthcare fails and the Obama presidency weakens, they will bear the brunt of the voters' desire to punish Democrats". [*This was borne out when, in the 2010 midterms, Blue Dogs were turned out of Congress in large numbers; progressives lost only 3 seats.] The White House would have at least as much leverage to exercise against Blue Dogs and centrists. They just aren't doing so. In fact, they're doing the opposite: they're protecting them even as they supposedly impede what the White House wants on one of Obama's signature issues: A massive giveaway to the insurance and pharmaceutical industries that doesn't do what Obama and Democrats were put into office to achieve (get affordable, quality medical treatment for everyone), but is marketed as such.
Remember that before negotiations ever began, Obama took off the table, barred from consideration, unilaterally, on his own, single payer and public option, and barred proponents of either from the negotiations. Obama did it because if the goal is to get affordable quality medical care for all then everything else pales in comparison.
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