Scathing column from the normally even handed Peggy Noonan.
If you are an Obama supporter...OUCH.
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It is now exactly a year since President Obama unveiled his health care push and his decision to devote his inaugural year to ithis branding year, his first, vivid year.
What a disaster it has been.
...The only thing that might make his assertions sound believable now is if a group of congressional Republicans were standing next to him on the podium and putting forward a bill right along with him. Which, obviously, wont happen, for three reasons. First, they enjoy his discomfort. Second, they believe the bill is not worth saving, that at this point no matter what it containsand at this point most people can no longer retain in their heads what it containsit has been fatally tainted by the past year of mistakes and inadequacies.
And the third reason is that the past decade has taught them what a disaster looks like, and theyve lost their taste for standing next to one.
Peggy Noonan: Home
If you are an Obama supporter...OUCH.
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It is now exactly a year since President Obama unveiled his health care push and his decision to devote his inaugural year to ithis branding year, his first, vivid year.
What a disaster it has been.
...The only thing that might make his assertions sound believable now is if a group of congressional Republicans were standing next to him on the podium and putting forward a bill right along with him. Which, obviously, wont happen, for three reasons. First, they enjoy his discomfort. Second, they believe the bill is not worth saving, that at this point no matter what it containsand at this point most people can no longer retain in their heads what it containsit has been fatally tainted by the past year of mistakes and inadequacies.
And the third reason is that the past decade has taught them what a disaster looks like, and theyve lost their taste for standing next to one.
Peggy Noonan: Home