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This shows he doesn't want anymore talks that will revive Obamacare debate in the news. He doesn't want the Death Panels brought back up that Sarah Palin exposed that caused controversy. He even has 59 Senators on his side and he still wants to make a recess appointment while they are on holiday. This shows he is fearful of criticizm and wants to avoid this mans views from being publicly displayed in a open confirmation hearings.
TalkingSides.com - Obama Showing Fear With Recess Appointment
Snip***The White House announced late Tuesday that President Barack Obama will bypass the Senate and appoint Dr. Donald Berwick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid.
Snip***But this particular behind the scenes, out of the spotlight appointment not only gives Dr. Berwick the job, it saves the administration from public hearings that would have renewed the debate on Obamacare.
Snip***President Obama nominated Dr. Berwick in April but no confirmation hearing had been scheduled. Speculation was that the president and his cronies were afraid of a public discussion on health care rationing, a topic on which Dr. Berwick has spoken publicly saying in an interview last year, "The decision is not whether or not we will ration care the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open. And right now, we are doing it blindly."
That fear was just confirmed in the recess appointment announcement made by White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer on the White House blog: "Many Republicans in Congress have made it clear in recent weeks that they were going to stall the nomination as long as they could, solely to score political points." (source) It's certainly understandable why President Obama wouldn't want the Republicans to score any more points - he and his Democratic crew are already way behind on points with the mid terms elections coming soon.
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TalkingSides.com - Obama Showing Fear With Recess Appointment
Snip***The White House announced late Tuesday that President Barack Obama will bypass the Senate and appoint Dr. Donald Berwick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid.
Snip***But this particular behind the scenes, out of the spotlight appointment not only gives Dr. Berwick the job, it saves the administration from public hearings that would have renewed the debate on Obamacare.
Snip***President Obama nominated Dr. Berwick in April but no confirmation hearing had been scheduled. Speculation was that the president and his cronies were afraid of a public discussion on health care rationing, a topic on which Dr. Berwick has spoken publicly saying in an interview last year, "The decision is not whether or not we will ration care the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open. And right now, we are doing it blindly."
That fear was just confirmed in the recess appointment announcement made by White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer on the White House blog: "Many Republicans in Congress have made it clear in recent weeks that they were going to stall the nomination as long as they could, solely to score political points." (source) It's certainly understandable why President Obama wouldn't want the Republicans to score any more points - he and his Democratic crew are already way behind on points with the mid terms elections coming soon.
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