David Frum, Former Assistant To Pres G W Bush

[justjohn]

Republicans' 'Most Crushing Legislative Defeat' Since The '60s


David Frum, Former Assistant To President George W. Bush:

"No illusions please: This bill will not be repealed. Even if Republicans scored a 1994 style landslide in November, how many votes could we muster to re-open the “doughnut hole” and charge seniors more for prescription drugs? How many votes to re-allow insurers to rescind policies when they discover a pre-existing condition? How many votes to banish 25 year olds from their parents’ insurance coverage? And even if the votes were there – would President Obama sign such a repeal?

We followed the most radical voices in the party and the movement, and they led us to abject and irreversible defeat."

[kaima]

It is amazing to see how easy it was to lead this country so unified and so wrongly into war in 2002-3 and to see the divisiveness of trying to reform health care in the nation this last year.

I wish that going to war had been debated so strongly! At least I would feel we made a decision, if a wrong decision. As it is I feel the USA is simply too easily mislead by propaganda & wonder about the intelligence of the citizens.

I have great health coverage myself; I am happy to see others, many others, will also get that good coverage. Now I would love to see both parties get to work fixing up the reforms and improving them to the nations; good!

What I expect is continued rhetoric and divisiveness rather than discussion and discourse. The final decision of the people comes in November when we find out if the Tea Party is a bunch of noise makers or if they reflect true dissatisfaction of our citizens.