Is this a Defeat for Obama or a defeat for Americans?

By Mark Beaumier

Is the Public Option dead, Lets don’t all celebrate all at once and the skeptic in me would say be careful, You can't trust a Progressive liberal as far as you can spit. But there is go signs that the American People has convince President Barack Obama and he is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run insurance as part of a new health care system.

With Mounting opposition the President has signal that he is willing to compromise with Republicans concerning health care. But there is to me a question mark, and that is are Republicans willing to compromise with the American people?

The Party has so obfuscated their role as conservatives and the American people as a whole that any real compromise may not sit well with the average Joe. Compromise is one thing, but stupidity when dealing with Liberal Progressives is another. There cannot be real compromise in Health care unless the White House is willing to include stop spending provisions. Be sure that single payer is still one of the goals of the Progressives. They will not stop til they meet their goal of forcing everyone into the Government run health care.

Such a Concession will probably outrage Obama's liberal supporters and depending how they react I would then question if this is a victory or not for Conservatives. The pressure by liberals will be to ram it through no matter what the outcome. But Progressives will take it slow knowing that if they lose democrat politians in the up coming 2010 election, they will not reach their goals.

I do believe both Liberal and Progressives will be fighting each other over this issue and the fireworks may be something to see this coming September. No matter what position, the President will take this as a victory even when it maybe more a defeat to the patriots at the Townhalls or Tea parties.

It seems to easy for the two parties to reach across the aisle in this effort, but to be honest I do not trust the compromise! So I am willing to hand the Republicans a certain amount of rope to either block a single payer plan from ever being a option or to hang themselves if the Progressives get what they want! But if they the Republican step out of line, they seal their fate along with the Democrats in 2010!