Overwhelmingly in favor of healthcare reform?

If you can convince me that even 5% of Mainers even UNDERSTAND healthcare reform, I’ll give you a cookie.

This is especially absurd given that there is no “healthcare reform” yet. There is a House bill which passed, and there is a Senate bill which is under consideration, but that’s it. There is no unified reform bill or even concept.

And sure, I have little doubt the voters of Maine are supportive of reform in the abstract – who isnt? But guess what, I have a few ideas for reform too, and they have nothing to do with public options and government administrated exchanges. Does that mean the people of Maine support my version of reform?

The reason Collins and Snowe have so much leeway here is that the Maine voter has no idea what reform even means, other than the very obscure, general, and misleading talking points from both political parties. I bet you most ACTIVISTS who are pushing (on both sides) don’t even know what is really in these bills.

This isn’t a vote on going to war, or cutting taxes – things that people understand easily – at least to some degree. Right now, the Maine voter at large doesn’t have the slightest idea what is happening, they simply want “something” to happen.

Still, we continue to vote for these two who supported the Bush Administration more than 80% of the time and time and time again, vote against the will of the Maine people.

In my opinion as a Mainer…we deserve exactly what we get.