[Daus]

This is turning out to be a disaster for the Dem's. The seniors are happy with the program, the cost actuals are coming in lower than anticipated, and AARP is making a ton of money on it, so they are increasingly in the GOP pocket.

Unfortunately, just recently, Bush has been making some rumblings of screwing the whole thing up and moving to price controls.

[fatnotlazy]

This is turning out to be a disaster for the Dem's.....

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Not according to the mainstream media. All weekend I heard how there were x number of seniors still not signed up.

[sine_nomine]

We need wide open, pedal to the metal competition. That alone will reduce prices.

[cinives]

right - the AARP is in the GOP's pocket just as long as the GOP provides more handouts to seniors.

[Protagoras]

Unfortunately, just recently, Bush has been making some rumblings of screwing the whole thing up and moving to price controls.

How can you screw up a screw up?

All wealth transfer schemes are screwed up by definition.

LBJ would be a Republican if he were still alive.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

"...AARP is making a ton of money on it, so they are increasingly in the GOP pocket."

Not a snowball's chance in hell. They're lib-dem trash, through and through. The GOPers have no place at their table.

[Gone GF]

"This is turning out to be a disaster for the Dem's."

But at whose expense? If this had been a Dem Congress and Dem president putting this in place, conservatives would all be screaming about socialism and government healthcare. And so would the Republican Party.

This was nothing more than a taxpayer-financed vote-buying plan.

[Spunky]

"Unfortunately, just recently, Bush has been making some rumblings of screwing the whole thing up and moving to price controls."

Where did you hear that? Can you point me to a source?