Follow this link to Paul Krugman’s editorial explaining why we should pass this deeply flawed bill.

To his reasons, I can add a few thoughts of my own.

Remember the adage, “it isn’t over until the fat lady sings.”  In this case, the vote on the reconciled bill is when it is over.  There is some hope that something can be salvaged during the reconciliation stage.  If the Senate bill does not pass, there is no chance to get to the next stage.  Who knows what clever strategies Obama and Reid can come up with.  If we cut them off at this point, they won’t have a chance to show us.  If they have nothing to show, they can always be cut off at the reconciled bill.  If the reconciled bill is good enough, the whole thing can be improved in later years.

Remember the other adage revenge is a dish best served cold.  What future will Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman have in the senate after this performance?  Good luck if they need anything from any other Senator.  A good Democratic election strategy would be to remind voters how harmful the Republicans and not quite right wing bat sh*t crazy^† Democrats were.  Convincing voters to get rid of some of these bozos is a lot easier than getting 60 votes in the Senate.  You only need a majority of voters in each Senate race to vote against the bozos.

^† not quite right wing bat sh*t crazy is the actual description of the group of Democrats that the media is calling “moderate”.  To describe all of the Republicans and some Democrats, just remove the “not quite” qualification.