President Obama told 60 Minutes his policies weren’t rejected by the American people on Tuesday. It was just poor communication. From the story:
After suffering a “shellacking” in the midterm elections, President Obama acknowledges what many have seen as his chief weakness – failing to sell the importance of several legislative milestones to the American people. “I think that’s a fair argument. I think that, over the course of two years we were so busy and so focused on getting a bunch of stuff done that, we stopped paying attention to the fact that leadership isn’t just legislation. That it’s a matter of persuading people. And giving them confidence and bringing them together. And setting a tone,” Mr. Obama told 60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft in an exclusive interview set to air Sunday. “Making an argument that people can understand,” Mr. Obama continued, “I think that we haven’t always been successful at that. And I take personal responsibility for that. And it’s something that I’ve got to examine carefully … as I go forward.”
How many speeches did this man make in support of Obamacare? He wouldn’t shut up! No, at least with Obamacare, it was the policy. Ditto the cap and tax noxious notion.
None are so blind as those who will not see.
November 6th, 2010 | 6:23 am
If anyone is contemplating compromise with this blind/deaf dissembler, let him be anathema.
November 6th, 2010 | 4:41 pm
The big mistake for Obama was the way they did health reform. During his campaign had suggested that all proposals for healthcare reform that had been made during the election campaign (including by the GOP) would be taken seriously by his administration. But when brought together representatives of health care reforms, deliberately excluded the proposal from the left, ie, trade unions and progressive social movements. This proposal, called “single payer” – significantly reduced the role that health insurance companies have in the management of health services, providing greater leadership and management to state governments and the federal government. Proponents of such reform were not even invited to the meeting, and this, though. The Republican proposals, however, they were considered. The final product approved by Obama held the role of insurance companies (which funded part of his campaign and Senate and members of Congress who decided on the reform). Moreover, funding for health coverage that it previously lacked (45 million U.S.) would be at the expense of raising taxes on those who already had coverage and reducing the funding of public health insurance program for the elderly (Medicare ), barely touching the lush profits of insurance companies. This antagonized, in addition to the old, trade unionists, in general, tend to have more health coverage (which contributed a high percentage of the financing of health care reform).
November 6th, 2010 | 4:43 pm
In health, the law prohibits insurance companies to exclude people with chronic diseases, limiting the ability to select patients that characterized the private insurance system. But the reforms left intact the enormous power of such companies, creating great frustration among liberals.
November 7th, 2010 | 9:13 am
Obama’s problem was taking office during the worst recession since the Great Depression. The Republicans are making a big mistake thinking Americans care deeply about the ACA or budget deficits. They want results. They want the economy back. Fortunately for the Repubs, they will be able to take partial credit for the slowly healing economy even though their policy proposals are worse than even Obama’s half-hearted efforts.
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