DougR, I hope your right about enough Republicans joining in. But Senator Demint really did call for Republicans to make Healthcare Reform Obama's Waterloo. He reiterated it yesterday while crowing about Brown's victory. So far no Republicans have been willing to break ranks. To bad Dems don't have the same party discipline.
The Democrats did have a 60 seat majority if you count Sanders(Democratic Socialist) and Lieberman(Connecticut for Lieberman party) who caucused with them. Lieberman chairs the important Homeland Security Committee in a deal he made with Majority Leader Reed in return for agreeing to Caucus with the Dems. Unfortunately that doesn't mean he had to vote with them. So the Supermajority wasn't all that super. What people don't realize is this. You don't need a 60 seat majority to pass legislation but you do need it to avoid filibuster. I say let them filibuster, nay, force them to filibuster. Bobert and Ron were discussing how to paint the Republicans as obstuctionists, well this is it. When the American people see that spectacle going on they'll have little doubt as to who's standing in the way of progress.