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2013-11-07 Home Front: Politix

Obamacare Shouldn't Have Been Managed Like a Campaign

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2013-11-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 The kristallnacht, a similarly managed campaign ending in failure and sorrow.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-11-07 01:48|| 2013-11-07 01:48|| Front Page Top

#2 When the only thing this President knows how to do is campaign everything is treated as one.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2013-11-07 08:00|| 2013-11-07 08:00|| Front Page Top

#3 The Krauthammer theory.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-11-07 08:14|| 2013-11-07 08:14|| Front Page Top

#4 A little long, but worth it. My favorite part:

Democrats have been complaining - loudly and repeatedly - that Republican opposition tactics on the Affordable Care Act are unprecedented. This is true, but not for the reasons that Democrats are telling themselves. No political party was ever foolhardy enough to pass such a big bill, with such sweeping consequences for so many people, without the support of a majority of their countrymen and at least a few members of the opposite party. Once they had done this unprecedented thing, the unprecedented reaction was predictable - and indeed predicted by myself and others.

I certainly hope the author is correct and we'll find out in the 2014 midterms. But this week's results - in NYC and Virginia - were not encouraging.

Posted by Bobby 2013-11-07 08:15|| 2013-11-07 08:15|| Front Page Top

#5 ..subtract out the DC burbs in VA, and you get another round of urbanist vs non-urbanist electorate mentalities.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-11-07 08:37|| 2013-11-07 08:37|| Front Page Top

#6 we'll find out in the 2014 midterms. It looks like a permanent Democratic supermajority aka "The Free Lunch Party" is in the works. Maybe 2014 will be a speedbump in that process.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-11-07 09:06|| 2013-11-07 09:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Krauthammer commented: However, if you were wealthier and you lose it and you end up on Medicaid, I dont think youll vote Democratic.
People in that situation count (and will count) for nothing, nor does (nor will) their vote.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-11-07 09:09|| 2013-11-07 09:09|| Front Page Top

#8 I certainly hope the author is correct and we'll find out in the 2014 midterms. But this week's results - in NYC and Virginia - were not encouraging. I don't think Virginia and NYC tell us much either. The Pubs are trying to turn Virginia into a victory because the race was so close. It might have been closer if the Pubs had put some money into the race earlier. The closeness might be because of the intense dislike of ObamaCare and the fact that Obama is a habitual liar. The field of candidates in NYC sucked. Also NYC has traditionally been a liberal stronghold. The new mayor is really far out there in left field somewhere. We won't know until 2014 election results are in.

Posted by JohnQC 2013-11-07 10:19|| 2013-11-07 10:19|| Front Page Top

#9 A smart leader knows that big strategic thinking and giving orders are the smallest parts of her job. The biggest is persuading people who are not invested in her agenda to carry out her grand plans -- and, equally important, figuring out which plans to abandon because they can never get enough support to work.

Which pretty much what the President has not been over the past 5-plus years.

Posted by Pappy 2013-11-07 11:11|| 2013-11-07 11:11|| Front Page Top

#10 His entire life the a campaign is the only thing he has ever managed, even in part.

Posted by Iblis 2013-11-07 22:40|| 2013-11-07 22:40|| Front Page Top

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