I have no idea what Firedoglake means, but I do know it’s an influential left-wing website that hosts one of the better health care reform whip counts. As Byron York reports:
Republicans feel it is accurate, particularly in this sense: They believe that no Democratic lawmaker who is definitely planning to vote yes on the bill would want the activists on the left, in this case exemplified by Firedoglake, to believe he or she is still undecided. Why take a beating for nothing?
The current count at FDL is 205 Yes, 209 No, including leaners. That jibes with other whip counts showing health care reform’s future up for grabs.
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