Tonight-Obama 'Should Insist On RAMMING Thru A Bill If It Accomplishes Goals' by Sam Donaldson

[kpete]

Obama's Misguided Media Blitz
by Sam Donaldson

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There is something to the old showbiz rule that you leave ‘em wanting more. But that doesn’t apply when you are selling something.

Since President Obama is trying to sell health-care reform—a huge undertaking, and perhaps a “do or die” proposition for his ability to get things done in the future—it’s hard to fault him for leveraging his bully pulpit and beating the drum at every opportunity, including tonight’s prime-time press conference.

But a good salesman knows both what the market will buy and how to ramp up the pressure to close the deal.

Sometimes the one thing worse than herding cats is to wait for the cats to herd themselves.

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If necessary, he should insist on ramming through a bill as long as it truly accomplishes the overall goals, using the reconciliation route in the Senate. That is certainly not the most desirable approach and the fallout could be painful. But putting off a health-care overhaul until 2010, an election year, in order to “study it further” would be far worse for the president. It could, indeed, be Barack Obama’s Waterloo (who knew that Senator Jim DeMint was such a historian?).

more at:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-21/obamas-misguided-media-blitz/?cid=hp:mainpromo2

[DURHAM D]

1. I agree with Sam.

Its time for Obama to show us that he's got it.

[Autumn]

2. That's what I am waiting for

I want him to kick their asses until they fucking cry.:woohoo:

[southern_belle]

3. k & r

[bvar22]

4. What "goals" are you talking about?

IF the "goal" is a Government Administered Publicly Owned "Public Option" that is open to ALL Americans like he promised during the campaign ("a public option like Medicare"), then I'm all aboard.

If the "goal" is to ram through the pathetic Insurance Industry Profit Protection Plan currently in the House (HR 3200), then count me out.