Blog Stage Four: Substantial commentary or criticism #2

In the article "Reid says Senate health care vote in September" in the blog section of the USA today Newspaper states that "despite President Obama's effort to gin up support for the [new health care plan] measure," the Senate will not take a vote on a massive health care overhaul proposal before lawmakers return in September." This is important because obviously such a huge health care overhaul will create a lot of debate amongst the different parties, therefore it can be deduced that since the bill is being pushed back to be addressed, people are hesitant to stir up such a ruckus, even those that have the same stance as what the new health care plan will contain.

The reporter in this article, John Fritze, wrote this article with the intent to entertain and inform the younger population, who will be the most severely effected by the new health care plan. The credibility of the reporter can only be assumed to be reliable. Since the post is in the blog section of the newspaper it can be seen as strongly opinionated and not necessarily entirely true. However, the fact that it is in the newspaper at all gives it more credibility than a blog on the internet, elsewhere. The author's stance on this issue is quite obviously against the healthcare being passed, or even voted on since he states "that a pre-recess vote will not be likely." Since a pre-recess vote to confirm the plan would represent a majority in favor of the bill, it can be deduced that the bill is approved popularly but not backed up by political favorability.