[Note:  Almost a month ago I posted this, but now that we are about to reconvene, and we're all fired up and ready to go!, it seems this is a better time to offer it to you.  I've always been ahead of the curve.]

Democrats are so terrified of their own power it's really disappointing to see them flailing about crying the sky is falling when they actually have the power to stop it.  The GOP has this nearly impotent minority and are wagging the Rottweiler into convulsions.  "What do we do?  What do we do?!?!?"  Man up!  Girl up!  Put on your big boy pants and git 'er done!!!  That is what you do!

This is a golden opportunity for the Democrats.  They have the capacity to pass healthcare reform legislation, but appear to lack the organization and determination.  They could bring universal healthcare to this country and deserve decades of gratitude for doing so, or they can collapse, which would be extremely unfortunate.  I do not wish to see the Dems slinking back into the shadows as the nation, with its short memory, returns the GOP to prominence as though the GOP would do a better job.  The GOP history does not support that notion.

It is surprising, though, when one steps back to consider it, that the history of the Democratic Party DOES support the notion that they can do a terrific job with this.  Yes, none of the current Representatives were there when Medicare, or Social Security, were passed.  But they were the ones who SAVED Social Security not that long ago.  They need to understand this is crisis time, right now!  They either bring this to fruition, or their rising stars will begin their descent much too soon. There is some truth to the suggestion that if this fails, the rest of Obama's term will be irrelevant and reelection improbable.  There is also much truth to the proposition that the party will mirror the fate of the Obama Administration.  So, here it is!  Sink or swim!  Rise or fall!  Win or lose!  We are playing for all the marbles.

If the Dems do not understand that failure will be theirs if there is no reform, they need to ask themselves one very important question, "Now that the health insurance industry has spent  tens of millions of dollars fighting healthcare reform, who is going to restore their treasuries after the dust settles?"  Did they guess the consumer, their constituents, all of them?  Whether they were agitators or not, everyone with insurance will be made to pay those bills?  Do they understand how monumental a loss this will be when people will again have the insurance companies reach deeper into their wages and salaries to pay for the opposition to healthcare reform?  Make no mistake, the fault is going to be tied around the necks of the Democrats like a millstone. 

Forget about it!  Forget failure!  It is not an option!  When you return to Congress after the recess, git 'er done!!!   Get something meaningful passed that will be reflected in the pocketbooks of tens of millions of Americans, the under-insured!  Do something that will enhance the lives of tens of millions of Americans, those with no healthcare.  Stake your claims as the Party that brought this nation Medicare and Social Security and the party that recently saved Social Security.   These are examples of what we can do together and universal healthcare can have the same success and bring the Democratic Party back to the respected Party they were when these programs were first implemented.  That success gave the Democratic Party control of Congress for decades.  If you want it to be that way again, then healthcare reform must be passed and it must be meaningful. 

The only way a positive long term result can be achieved is if the insurance companies are facing competition from the State going forward, a public option.  As many have suggested, the insurance companies will gradually dissolve after that, and they should.  People will come to see healthcare as a right for ALL, not just senior citizens.  They will see it as a part of America just as Social Security is a part of America.  At the end of the day, it is social security that has remained unwavering during this economic collapse.  This cannot be said of those with 401ks and IRAs.  The Democrats are losing the PR war at the moment, but it's when Congress reconvenes that the issue must be resolved.  Be the one who changes people's lives for a better, healthier future, and the reward is yours for years to come.  Forget about the agitators and noise makers.  Make it happen!