Dems, GOP: Summit will not break logjam on health (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 02/23/2010 - 7:21pm

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama speaks in the White House press briefing room in Washington.<br /><br />Obama has summoned both Democrats and Republicans to a White House summit to be cast live on C-SPAN and perhaps cable Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, gambling that he can save his embattled health care overhaul by the power of persuasion.<br /><br />(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - Here's one point on which Democrats and Republicans agree on health care: President Barack Obama's much-touted televised summit has virtually no chance of breaking the political logjam.

That means Democrats will be forced to find a way to pass an overhaul on their own or face a huge political defeat.




 

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