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(36,392 posts)whenever my far right FIL starts in I shut him up post haste by asking how many people have gotten HC using the Republican plan.
But IMHO this pandering and throat-clearing by the president is very bad for voter engagement AND for governance. The Repukes drool and scream and lie, and he responds by playing golf with Boner and going on Fox "News" and doesn't even defend himself or the party. If he would have stood his ground in 2009-10 on HC reform, with a daily declaration of, "we are NOT going to leave 40 million Americans without insurance, and we are NOT going to guarantee insurance companies a half trillion dollars a year so they can buy more lake houses. The Republicans did not learn their lesson in November. They insist that we have to have the most expensive health care in the world, and leave some without. I don't buy it. Give me 2 more Senators and we'll have health care", turnout in 2010 would have equaled 2008.
He didn't. He caved, and bailed on all of those voters, and the party and the American people are paying dearly.