Von Hoffman Award Nominee

"Even if Coakley wins - and my guess is she'll lose by a double digit margin - the bill is dead. The most Obama can hope for is a minimalist alternative that simply mandates that insurance companies accept people with pre-existing conditions and are barred from ejecting patients when they feel like it. That's all he can get now - and even that will be a stretch," - Andrew Sullivan, January 18.

Yep, I changed my mind after my initial panic. But I deserve the whack.