Barney Frank Compares a Woman to a Dining Room Table

President Barack Obama now realizes he probably will have to pass health reform with Democratic votes alone, White House officials say.

The admission is a monumental shift in Washington’s top fight of the year, with the energy now shifting to differences among Democrats, rather than efforts to lure a critical mass of Republicans.

The aides call it more a prediction than a strategy shift, and blame the GOP.

"We were forced into this by Republicans," one official said.

The administration is pointing to increasingly partisan comments by the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, Charles Grassley of Iowa, who said while home for summer recess: “I’m not walking away from the table. I’m being pushed away from the table.”

Ken Spain, a spokesman for the National Republican Campaign Committee, said blaming the GOP is "laughable."

"Apparently having a filibuster-proof majority, a 40-seat advantage in the House, and a president who was once really popular isn’t enough," Spain said in a statement. "Maybe if people actually liked the bill, Democrats’ wouldn’t have such a tough time whipping up bipartisan votes, much less vulnerable Democrats within their own party." Read more at Politico

In this video, Barney Frank slams a woman who compares Obama to Hilter. "Trying to have a conversation with you is like trying to argue with a dining room table." She's not even a dining room table. She's a spoon. Freedom of speech, indeed, but the people in the room don't have to like what she says and they're free to ridicule her for being ridiculous. I'm so tired of the hate rhetoric. Barney Frank is right on. She needed to ask her question without invoking Hitler. Come on people. You need to get yourself up to speed.