JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN - AT 7:17 P.M. ET:  It appears that the wicked witch of the West will have an announcement:

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats reached agreement Wednesday on key elements of a health care bill that would vastly alter America's medical landscape, requiring virtually universal sign-ups and establishing a new government-run insurance option for millions.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi planned a formal announcement Thursday morning, but details were still being finalized, lawmakers and aides said. Officials said the legislation could be up for a vote on the House floor next week.

The rollout would cap months of arduous negotiations to bridge differences between liberal and moderate Democrats and blend health care overhaul bills passed by three separate committees over the summer. The developments in the House came as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., tried to round up support among moderate Democrats for his bill, which includes a modified government insurance option that states could opt out of.

COMMENT:  Imagine.  This bill, affecting every family, changing a sixth of the nation's economy, could come up for a vote next week.  Not much time to read, to consider, to get public reaction.

But who needs the opinions of those uneducated fools out there, the American people?  Do they eat correctly?  Get 700s on their College Boards?  Have graduate degrees from Ivy League schools?  What kind of people are these?  These peasants who cling to their guns and their religion.

And that's the way things are.  This is the age of Obama.  And we have little say in the matter.

October 28, 2009