Former federal judge and current law professor Michael McConnell says yes. Jonathan Adler agrees. Meanwhile, Adler (no relation) is still a “no” vote against Obamacare. Thomas Sowell thinks we’re being sold a bill of goods. The Wal Street Journal opines that the rules are whatever the Democrats say they are. And looking at it from a district perspective, the swing votes on Obamacare are in Republican-leaning territory.

On the other side of the aisle, former Clinton administration official Robert Reich argues that the Dems must vote for reform. And Henry Farrell of Salon argues that all this talk about process (i.e. reconcilliation & Slaughter) is much ado about nothing. Contrast that argument with Emery’s contention that the voters strongly oppose a partisan push for health care reform.

The line in particular was telling:

…the main emotion among Democrats seems to be a balance of terror: fear of passing the bill against fear of killing it, making them face the wrath of the voters; or their party’s base, leaders, and president.

What does all this mean? Darned if I know. But I suspect we’re going to find out very soon what the fate of Obamacare is. If I had to guess, I’d still argue it fails an up or down vote…but then I would have guessed the Dems would have abandoned this course long ago. They seem determined to follow Obama over the health care cliff.