Posted on 07/30/2009 6:18:57 AM PDT by ScottinVA
In his struggle to change the nation's health care system, Barack Obama again faces certain obstacles that almost stopped his amazing march to the presidency. Aside from the Washington chattering class and the right-wing media, which always oppose progressive reform, Mr. Obama is losing his grip on the middle class and working families in swing states. He is losing Democratic senators and members of Congress in places like Florida and Arkansas. He is losing the propaganda war with his professorial style of explanation.
So perhaps he should stop trying to walk this treacherous path alone. Perhaps the time has come, if it isn't already too late, to look for a companion who went here before, and fell. Perhaps he ought to ask for help from Bill Clinton.
The current president and his Democratic predecessor are not exactly close, even now, despite the presence of Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Obama cabinet. The friction burns of the 2008 primary campaign never completely healed, despite efforts on both sides. And the idea of bringing on the president, whose health care reform failed so dramatically, as an advocate for the Obama plan may seem counterintuitive even if they were best friends forever.
But Mr. Clinton remains popular and credible in precisely the places where the president is suffering politically -- and he could achieve traction with the same Democrats who see no cost in undermining the Obama administration. Moreover, he has a capacity to communicate complex ideas in plain terms that would serve Mr. Obama well at this perilous moment.
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One loser advising another....sounds good
In your dreams, Conason!!!!
Perhaps, Bill Clinton is already advising Obama. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that the planting of the Gates question and the answer given by Obama wasn’t Bill and Hill’s idea. LOL. “It will show everyone what a great uniter you are, Barry, we promise!”
Imagine the size of Bubbbbbbbba’s head if/when -10bama begs him to join the fight.
lol. Joe Conason. As if I’d read an article by THAT idiot.
if Bam sinks much lower in the polls, then it WILL be time for Bill and Hil again (throwing tacks in the rear-view mirror...)
This is Newspeak for the American People are not swallowing his bullsh*t anymore!
“lol. Joe Conason. As if I’d read an article by THAT idiot.”
Yeah — instead of giving it the “barf” tag, I should have tagged it as political humor. Ah well.. next time!
LLS
Tee hee. Guess that picture of bubba with the double burger and the fries is just what America needs to be inspired to healthier living.
Ah, Conason, same old song. Seems to me those kneepads must be pretty worn down by now.
I can’t reach the TV clicker fast enough when his face and endless mouth appear...
There was never “a time” for Bill Clinton.
Clinging bitterly to that fact, though, he wasn’t as bad as the current incumbent.
Ok, I know it wasn’t the meaning of the article, but sadly, I wish Bill Clinton was still President, instead of Barack Obama.
In fact, Al Gore got 5.5 million more votes as the loser of the 2000 presidential election than Clinton got in his best year (1996).
Conason should also note that Clinton was so "popular" in his first term that he singlehandedly turned over control of governments all over the U.S. to the Republican Party for the first time in generations.
Actually, any story about Slick Willie SHOULD be tagged with a fellatio, lothario or sexual battery alert.
You know the current adminstration is beyond horrible when we have started to wax nostalgic for Bill Clinton, as I have seen on a few other threads. At least he was entertaining.
By the time this administration is finished, we'll be waxing nostalgic for Jimmah Carter.
As bizzare as it may seem, after 6 months of the Obama debacle I find myself looking back on the Clinton Administration with fond rememberance...benign neglect is far preferable to active destruction.
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