Pelosi and Reid Tell President: We Have the Votes; President Wants Bill Passed Soon - Political Punch

Jake Tapper at ABC News blogs the story:

Pelosi and Reid Tell President: We Have the Votes; President Wants Bill Passed Soon - Political Punch

But do they? Shortly, I'll be blogging a prediction about what the President is going to say in his address to the joint session of Congress, and how he'll say it. But here's a preview of who the target audience is:

Blue Dog Democrats.

And if that's the target audience, as much as the American public who can influence them, then do Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi really have the votes locked up? I don't think so.