@hawkeye10,
hawkeye10 wrote:
Quote:One thing he has going in his favor is the fact that the beginning (finally) of reasonable universal health care will always be identified with him,
given current evidence that looks to be every bit a fanciful as Bush's bet that historians will agree with him on Iraq, both because all evidence so far concludes that ObamaCare is the wrong medicine for what ails healthcare,
Yeah...it really does not go far enough. But I expect future presidents to expand it and offer better, more affordable, more comprehensive protection. Thanks to the conservatives, even when it becomes much better...it will still be identified with Barack Obama.
Quote:...and because he went out of his way to further fracture Washington when he was clearly elected to try to be a uniter.
No one could have been successful at "uniting" in Washington, because the Republicans made it abundantly clear that they were going to stymie anything Obama proposed...at any cost.
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Obama even failed at his most base motive with ObamaCare, as it was supposed to help the D's win votes. Most watchers believe that it did not last election, and it is very unlikely to this election.
Nice try, but there are many other dynamics at work in every election...and Obamacare is not going to be the decider in either direction. If, as expected, the Republicans make inroads in the congress...good for them.
But Obamacare is still going to be Obamacare...and will be recognized as a fine first step in sanity in our nation's healthcare problems. All done despite the rantings and ravings of the far right!