12:23 AM
Julio Barreto
The debate surrounding passage of health care reform illustrated how intense the partisan divide is in Washington, DC and underscores the growing importance of the November mid-term election. The level of the disagreement reminds many political veterans of the events leading up to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The epithets, death threats, spitting incidents and threats of violence against individuals and the Federal government who supported the legislation have dominated the media in the past few weeks. Opponents of President Barack Obama’s health care plan, particularly those who are part of the Tea Party movement, have vowed to take their fight to the ballot box this November. They promised to punish Democrats who voted for Obama’s health care plan. Tea Party groups and others...
