Even if he is, he can do the dirty deed of “health care reform” as a legacy just as Johnson did with “the great society”. Even though it has not solved poverty, he is glorified for it and it helped keep dems in power for a long time. Even though Johnson has been shown to be a royal jerk in personal and public life, he is an icon for enablers like Doris k Goodwin.
That's true - to a certain extent. The Great Society was obviously a disaster, but the Dems have always defended it because it introduced the Federal government into a lot of formerly state or locally controlled areas and gave them much more power over the states.
The health care plan would give the Federal government enormous control over individual lives and make it intrusive in a way far beyond anything we have ever seen here before. I'm not sure that this is going to be a legacy any party would want.
If he does get it through, it's going to be massively unpopular and I think you'll see a lot of states and individuals rebelling against it. There are already a couple of states that are planning on refusing to be part of it and challenge it in court if it passes.
The bad thing, however, is that if he does get it through, even if people hate the program, it's going to be very hard and costly to get rid of it.
Exactly. I desperately hope he is not headed for “a Lyndon Johnson type failed presidency,” Johnson passed massive, tax-payer funded, public programs. I would much prefer that he become a Jimmy Carter type failed president.
Enablers = New name for young women he slept with.