Remember Cash for Clunkers?
George Will does. The administration gave the same thoughtful consideration and practical experience to the design of Obamacare.
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Interpreting the election results…
…is somewhat of a fool’s errand. People will use the results to say they send all sorts of messages. “See, a very conservative Tea Party candidate loses.” Or “See, a more moderate candidate wins.” I don’t think that’s what they … Continue reading →
“You can keep it”: the lie was absolutely deliberate
It’s clear: It’s not easy to get a lie into a presidential speech. Every draft address is circulated to the White House senior staff and key Cabinet officials in something called the “staffing process.” Every line is reviewed by dozens … Continue reading →
They voted for it…
…before they were against it: Senate Democrats voted unanimously three years ago to support the Obamacare rule that is largely responsible for some of the health insurance cancellation letters that are going out. In September 2010, Senate Republicans brought a … Continue reading →
Looking back at Obamacare: three and a half years ago
I am going to post an excerpt from a post I wrote in March of 2010, two days after the ACA was passed and signed into law. I’m not doing it just to say how prescient I was. And I … Continue reading →
Obamacare problems: the stab in the back
Jonathan Bernstein at Salon is spinning so hard I fear for his health. After some obligatory throat-clearing about how the Obamacare rollout really wasn’t handled all the well, and how it must be fixed, he gets down to the heart … Continue reading →
Uniting the Republican Party: winning and losing
“Uniting the Republican Party”—has that become an oxymoron? I hope not, because it’s very hard to win elections if the party is having a civil war. Ted Cruz has
Continue reading →Let’s write a column about something that didn’t happen…
…that we wish had happened, because then it would make Republicans look really really bad. And lets only indicate way down towards the end that it almost certainly didn’t happen. Or something like that, if you’re Todd Purdum at Politico. … Continue reading →
Success has many fathers…
…but failure is an orphan. The finger-pointing begins in the Obamacare website disaster (see also this and this). And of course, Stalin hadn’t a clue I imagine that, when the smoke clears, Bush and Cheney will be found to be … Continue reading →
“America’s path to the gallows”
Commenter “Geoffrey Britain” had the following to say: How many more H.W. Bush’s must we support before it is acknowledged that America’s path to the gallows is merely delayed under such men? It is not purity we seek but an … Continue reading →
Perhaps the worst thing about the Obamacare rollout…
…from the Democrats’ point of view is not that it will keep people from enrolling for a while. After all, there’s no enormous rush, although it would have been nice to have gotten the ball rolling faster. It’s the undermining … Continue reading →
There was no way New Jersey’s Cory Booker was going to lose…
…and he didn’t. But Chris Christie almost certainly will win, big time: One New Jersey Republican source noted that, if anything, the dichotomy between the two outcomes will only further crystallize Christie as a “unique” player in an increasingly partisan … Continue reading →