Keith Olbermann just announced that the Senate Parliamentarian had officially declared the GOP plan to sabotage health care reform "a dud". (Keith's words)
Plus, further bills to repeal the legislation will fail, he said.
A Point of Order involving Social Security was brought to the Parliamentarian today by staffers, both Republican and Democrat, said Lawrence O'Donnell. The Dem staffers cited a precedent that favored them, and the Parliamentarian was "taken with it". The Republicans were caught with like deer in the headlights. The Parliamentarian ruled FOR the Dems.
O'Donnell: "If this is what they have, they don't have much."
First challenge: Denied.
Reconciliation will go forward.
Poor kids, just give up and enjoy....
