By E. Thomas McClanahan, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Hardly. Support is sliding and time isn't on the side of reformers. If the Dems do poorly in next month's off-year elections, many Democrats will become even more cautious about radical changes in such a large sector of the economy.
On paper, Democrats may have the votes in Congress but they're at war with themselves, with the Blue Dogs wary of the public option and the Pelosi lefties determined to ram it through no matter what the cost.
More voters are becoming concerned about the nation's standing in the credit markets, and all the talk about the dollar losing its reserve-currency status is hardly helping. Piling a trillion-dollar health care program -- one funded in part with budgetary sleights of hand -- will only make things much worse in that regard. If the Dems push this through, they'll pay a heavy price at the polls.