It’s been fun to watch the White House, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate this last week fight over the healthcare bill.

I imagine if you answer the phones for a member of Congress, you’re sick of it.

My in-box has been buzzing with e-mails from both sides.  It’s silliness at its best.

The Republicans started a website called “Code Red” to track the votes in the House.  A few minutes ago, the Democrats were about nines votes short of making the magical number of 216 to pass the bill.  Of course, if the GOP said they were defeated, they could not raise money – so look for the person tracking the votes to hold back in the spirit of  fundraising.

Fox News has a tally up that says the Democrats have the 216 votes needed to pass the bill.   Continue reading →