Political Gamesmanship

Last night was your classic political gamesmanship. We had your classic Catch-22 in progress and all the players were scoring their political points and padding their voting records.

According to lifenews.com, "Reps. Joe Pitts, a Pennsylvania republican, and Bart Stupak, a Michigan Democrat, combined for a bipartisan amendment to prevent mandated abortion coverage in the essential benefits package"

Talk about a game of strategy. The Stupak Amendment as it was called last night, forced everyone who has any concern about their pro-life voting record to vote for the amendment. But what does this amendment do? It provided cover for people to vote for the bill because they were not funding abortions, a hot button issue at the moment.

By bringing the Amendment to a vote and it passing, it provided the extra votes needed to pass HR 3962. So in effect, the trap was baited and despite knowing it was baited , the Congressman had no choice but to vote for the Amendment ensuring that extra votes needed to pass the bill onto the upper chamber.

Few believe that Senate version will mirror the House version and that what Mrs. Pelosi pushed through the House will pass in the Senate. If the bill comes back from committee without the Stupak Amendment in it, there will be additional votes lost in the House.

This bill allowed the House leaders to flip off the people who have sounded out about healthcare reform and they are hoping that it will ice their efforts , taking the wind out of their sails. It was some very good gamemanship. Mrs. Pelosi learned the art of Politics very well.

Now as we marvel at how good of a politician she is, let us reflect upon the economy when she took over the reins of the House in January 2007. And let us reflect on all the spending packages that have come through her house. Under her leadership the country has amassed debt like no other time in history.

The Congress and specifically the House of Representatives is the body that crafts our budgets and handles the economic aspect of the government. How were you in 2007? How are your today? Remember who has been in charge of the nations purse striongs since January 2007.Nancy Pelosi-Master Politician-bringing California economics to Washington DC.. What a player!.