With Roll Call now reporting that talk between Blue Dogs and liberal Democrats appearing to be dead and polls showing the public firmly against ObamaCare, the far-left wing of the Congressional Democratic caucus is beginning to panick. And rightly so.

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif) is now threatening to bypass his own Energy and Commerce Committee if the members can’t agree on the legislation, all in order to pass the Healthcare Destruction Act of 2009. He’s actually threatening to bypass democracy in order to implement what he thinks is good for you. This sounds eerily similar to the beliefs of Vladimir Lenin.

Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) says there is “no alternative” but to have healthcare legislation bypass his Energy and Commerce Committee if Blue Dog Democrats don’t accept a deal worked out Friday.

Waxman is now playing a game of legislative chicken with the Blue Dogs. He’s  hoping the inclusion of a study on Medicare reimbursement rates in the healthcare overhaul will be enough to placate the centrist Democrats, who say the government program short-changes hospitals and physicians in their rural districts.

If that’s not, the seven Blue Dogs could join with the committee’s Republicans to “eviscerate” healthcare reform, and that’s something Waxman will not tolerate.

Yes, he won’t tolerate the elected representatives of the American people making up their own minds and deciding how to vote on a major issue. So not only does Waxman think that the American people don’t know what’s best for themselves, but he thinks that the elected representatives of the American people don’t know what’s best for their constituents.

Waxman is willing to ignore the will of the people and their elected representatives in order to pass what Obama and Pelosi think is best for the people. Just. Wow.