Democrats mount second sales pitch on health-care overhaul as Republicans seek to repeal

[cal04]

Democrats mount second sales pitch on health-care overhaul as Republicans seek to repeal law
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/08/AR2011010801814.html

The debate over repealing the landmark health care overhaul offers Democrats something rare in politics: a do-over.

Democrats, who were widely perceived to have blown the political messaging over President Obama's signature law, are revving up for a campaign-style offensive in an attempt to get it right the second time around.

In the run-up to Wednesday's scheduled House vote on repeal, Democrats are staging press conferences and rallies outside the district offices of nearly 70 targeted Republican House members, many of whom were elected in districts Obama carried in his 2008 race.

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"It's not often you get a second chance to make a first impression, but (Republicans)are giving that right to us," Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in an interview. "Right now, people don't realize all the good things in the bill. The more we have an opportunity to talk about them, fewer and fewer people are going to be for repeal."

[ananda]

1. Are people really that rational these days?

Meaning.. actually wanting what's good for them?