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In reply to the discussion: Rachel had it Right, now DU is getting it wrong. [View all]Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)I was hoping you would answer my question as I wasn't paying attention to the Hillary bill that closely....
ACA was overreach because all of those people who weren't rescued were much more interested in keeping their homes or finding replacement jobs than in health care reform. You'll see from my reply on another thread, just what I think about "disappointed" supporters.
I wasn't thrilled with the first 2 years of this administration, but I have this silly tendency to think long term. I could see no advantage to sitting out an election when it has been known for 50 years at least that low turnout advantages the GOP. The protest non-vote gave me the distinct 'pleasure' of being represented by Allen West...
I think I've said this before, perhaps not to you however, politics is cyclical...which is why we are now seeing liberals elected to seats formerly thought 'unwinnable' by them. Somehow I find it impossible to envision Obama out-republicaning anyone. I think, perhaps, you never fully consider just how destructive republicans have become.
I saw Kerry on an interview prior to the election...frankly he scared the bejeezuz out of me...he sounded almost like a right-winger on the things that must be done to reduce the deficit. Kucinich was a tragedy.... But aren't the Blue Dogs simply losing to republicans?
I totally agree about the need for a clear choice, but I don't believe Obama ran his 2008 campaign as a choice between competing ideologies....Perhaps that's why while disappointed I was not embittered...lower expectations.