Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Obama seeking Dem losses in 2010 elections
What other reason can there be to explain the White House failure to provide any support of the public option even as it is in its grasp if the President would make any effort. Ezra Klein explains,
One other point on the public option: This has been a complete and utter failure of White House leadership. They need to give this effort their support, or they need to kill it by publicly stating their opposition. But they can't simply wait for someone else to make the decision for them, which has been their strategy until now.In too many ways, the White House strategery appears to be right out of Mitch "The Chin" McConnells playbook. You have to ask yourself, does the President want to be a minority president after November?
This is, however, the worst of all worlds. In refusing to disappoint the left early, they're assuring the sense of betrayal will be much more acute because the feeling of momentum will have far longer to build. And in refusing to embrace this strategy cleanly, they're making it harder to lay the groundwork for an effective communications strategy around a bill that's tougher on insurers. The problem isn't just that the White House is following, but that they're making it harder to eventually lead.
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