Today's headlines tell the story:
Support for Health Overhaul Wanes
Pres BO does not have the votes despite a majority in Congress.
The rush to signing something has the left wing up in arms: Howard Dean: Kill the 'Terribly Disappointing' Health Care Bill
In other words, the Dems are great at talking about climate change and health care during the campaign.
However, they are not very good at actually doing something when they are in power.
Again, can you say Bill Clinton and Kyoto? or Bill Clinton and health care?
So how do you save the Dems from themselves? How can you get this party to agree on anything?
Liberal E J Dionne has an idea: The Democrats' Bush Nostalgia
"Here's what Democrats need to ponder: Can they prosper in the absence of George W. Bush?"
It gets better:
"But politically, the Democrats are in trouble.
They are at each other's throats over health care legislation that should be seen as one of the party's greatest triumphs.
They are being held hostage by political narcissists and narrow slivers of their coalition."
Can the Dems make it without Bush? I don't think so!
How can you make the Dems happy and united? Bring back Bush!
Yes, blaming everything on Bush (and Reagan before) is the only thing that unites the Dem party.
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Here is more from Howard Dean:
"If I were a senator, I would not vote for the current health-care bill.
Any measure that expands private insurers' monopoly over health care and transfers millions of taxpayer dollars to private corporations is not real health-care reform.
Real reform would insert competition into insurance markets, force insurers to cut unnecessary administrative expenses and spend health-care dollars caring for people.
Real reform would significantly lower costs, improve the delivery of health care and give all Americans a meaningful choice of coverage.
The current Senate bill accomplishes none of these."
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/16/AR2009121601906.html?sub=AR)
The Dems are in real trouble:
"Less than a year after Inauguration Day, support for the Democratic Party continues to slump, amid a difficult economy and a wave of public discontent, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
The findings underscored how dramatically the political landscape has changed during the Obama administration's first year."
(http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126100346902694549.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond)
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