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IT AIN?T OVER ?TIL IT?S OVER, and the ObamaCare bill is clearly wildly unpopular. But if it does pa?

By Glenn Reynolds

IT AIN’T OVER ‘TIL IT’S OVER, and the ObamaCare bill is clearly wildly unpopular. But if it does pass, the media message will be that the whole Tea Party movement has been a waste — when, in fact, without it this would have been passed nearly a year ago, and with far less political cost.

And political cost is the key. If this bill passes, there will be a brutal political cost, as spelled out in the sign below: You Vote for ObamaCare, We Vote For Your Opponent.

That’s what the next eight months or so will be about, and I don’t think that many of the folks you’ve seen demonstrating will give up and go home.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 21, 2010 (boomark / email).