Imagine if a Republican...

Said they were going to pass a bill, hated and despised by a majority of Americans, with out even voting on it. That is true Democracy right there. /sarcasm. The media would be blowing its lid if the Republicans tried to pull this crap. You'd be hearing how the Republicans are trying to kill democracy and the Constitution. It would be a media Hell storm.

After laying the groundwork for a decisive vote this week on the Senate's health-care bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday that she might attempt to pass the measure without having members vote on it.

Instead, Pelosi (D-Calif.) would rely on a procedural sleight of hand: The House would vote on a more popular package of fixes to the Senate bill; under the House rule for that vote, passage would signify that lawmakers "deem" the health-care bill to be passed.

The tactic -- known as a "self-executing rule" or a "deem and pass" -- has been commonly used, although never to pass legislation as momentous as the $875 billion health-care bill. It is one of three options that Pelosi said she is considering for a late-week House vote, but she added that she prefers it because it would politically protect lawmakers who are reluctant to publicly support the measure.

"It's more insider and process-oriented than most people want to know," the speaker said in a roundtable discussion with bloggers Monday. "But I like it," she said, "because people don't have to vote on the Senate bill."

Republicans quickly condemned the strategy, framing it as an effort to avoid responsibility for passing the legislation, and some suggested that Pelosi's plan would be unconstitutional.

Since Pelosi doesn't have the votes. This is the only way she thinks she can pass ObamaCare.

Of course I really don't think this has a prayer in Hell of happening. I think this is more scare tactics from Pelosi trying to strong arm her fellow Democrats to vote for this even though it is widely unpopular.