The popularity of Obamacare - tanking
An interesting turn of events -- from the
Washington Post:
Health Care Reform Drawing More Criticism From Left
Through most of the summer, opposition to President Obama and his health-care initiative has come almost entirely from the right. In the past week, however, the president has been trying to tamp down a noisy uprising on the left.
The immediate cause for the rebellion is growing concern among Obama's progressive allies that he is prepared to deal away the public insurance option to win passage of a health-care bill. Obama insists that he still prefers the public option as part of any eventual legislative package, but some of his friends on the left now clearly doubt his resolve.
That has given way to broader criticisms: Is Obama tough enough to defeat the interests arrayed against health-care legislation? Has he lost the passion that was such an asset during the campaign? Have his rhetorical skills been muted as he descends into the dry, arcane details of health care? Is he too enamored of bipartisan consensus, given what is seen as Republican implacability? Has he given up the moral high ground in the health-care battle?
In other words, the Democratic Congress members are seeing the writing on the wall and are afraid of loosing their jobs. 2010 is not that far away and all of flyover country is waking up and not liking what they see.
Word up -- we hired you to represent us. Get back to doing your job...
Posted by DaveH at August 23, 2009 12:38 PM
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