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1. As Obama evaluates his failed slamdown on healthcare segments of the economic recovery are pointing to have flatlined.

   Will Democrats use this as political capital or could Obama use it as cover for his failed public option?

   Who knows, but if they do … won’t the people ask that trillions in bailout programs be halted?  Why should we spend and tax subsize a recovering national GDP?

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   Health Care Reform Needs A Breather
   
   – Charlie Cook

   Divisions over health care among congressional Democrats became even more apparent this past week, underscoring the importance for President Obama and Democratic leaders to hit the reset button and start anew after Labor Day.

   The fact that the congressional Democrats most nervous about 2010 are expressing the most doubt now should be a tipoff that this agenda is ringing up “no sale” outside the Democratic base. Obama is still defining his presidency and Democrats are defining their approach to governing. It would be hard for anyone to argue that either side is helping itself. …

   It would be painful but might be necessary for Obama to call on Democrats to pull the health bill, take a deep breath, re-examine their approach and take it back up in the fall, once things have settled and they can retool.

   The economic and budgetary realities have created an inhospitable climate for the degree of change being advocated. …

   Historic, game-changing public policy shifts inevitably come as the result of building a broad consensus. …  Not having that broad support means an ambitious program can be emasculated once the political seasons change. For health care, and climate change, there isn’t anything remotely like a party consensus or real bipartisanship.

   The danger for any big new Democratic health plan is the perception that Democrats are overly fond of big, budget-busting, expansive governmental bureaucracy. …

   When Obama addressed the American Medical Association in Chicago, then cavalierly took off the table any meaningful medical malpractice reform, that was a signal to Republicans that he and Democrats were not seriously looking to incorporate GOP ideas. …

   For a long time, passage of important health and climate change measures seemed to be more a question …. But now, the “if” question is more real than ever.

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   1. Thanks for your commentary!

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   2. Bold is for people like you who can’t read.

      I don’t need bold, or people like you who can’t read, to tell me what’s important.

      And please source the crap you post.  I don’t know who “Charlie Cook” is.  I might be right-wing-challenged.  Or I might just be stupid.  But without a link, he could be somebody you made up.  Which is something you have been known to do.

      I really, really want to take you seriously.  But until you source the crap you crosspost, it’s impossible.

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      1. I’m amazed how you continually illuminate your relative lack of knowledge and awareness of the world around you………

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2. Are there any accurate surveys out there that gauge what the publics knowledge of health care/health care reform is?  I work for a physician’s advocacy group and even for me the issue can be complex…My bet is that most of the people fired up on either side don’t really know much about the situation beyond the talking points.

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