Obama's Greatest Weapon Never Part Of His Arsenal

I've been thinking about all the chatter around the liberal/progressive blogging realm about how Dems should use Reconciliation in order to pass the Senate Bill and then iron out the wrinkles as they go. An interesting idea, but will take time and Republicans would likely bog down that process, even though it would be against their own best interests.

What Obama could use right now is the Line Item Veto, but he can't. Rudy Giuliani saw that that option was completely off the table back in the 90s. And though the argument was that this placed too much power in the hands of the President, it would be a great tool in the hands of Obama, considering how the much of the Senate completely buggered up healthcare reform.