The Republicans are against anything Obama does mainly because he is a black president.
That's the hard truth. This despite the token Steele. This is why "birthers" exist. Republicans would never run a black candidate for president. Even Alan Keyes.

Their criticism of him as a big-government "socialist" is ludicrous. If anything, Obama
is an old-style Republican the existed before the GOP became radicalized with reactionary hotheads. He is not even as progressive as FDR was and certainly not a trust-buster
like Teddy Roosevelt.

Kucinich is a reasonable man and knows that the pressure on him to retain his seat
depends on this compromise but he has made it clear that he doesn't think this bill
is the best we can do as a country. I agree with him on this.

The only bill that makes sense for this country is a "Single-payer" system like they have
for every other civilized country in the world. In the meantime, the insurance lobby
continues to win the debate until enough Americans are hurting.