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Obama Willing to Stake Presidency on Health Care Reform
Political Wire ^ | 8/13/09 | Taegan Goddard

Posted on 08/14/2009 5:57:56 AM PDT by steve-b

Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA) claims that President Obama told him "he's willing to be a one-term president if that's what it takes to get health care and energy reform," reports Radio Iowa.

Said Boswell: "The president (said), 'I'm not going to kick the can down the road.' And he said that and I said, 'Well, that's something I'm kind of used to from southern Iowa, you know. I know about kicking the can down the road.' And he said, 'No, if it makes me a one-term president, I'm going to, we're going to take it on because the country is in need of us taking this on.' I respected that very much."


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agenda; bho44; bhohealthcare; leonardboswell; muslim
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1 posted on 08/14/2009 5:57:59 AM PDT by steve-b
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Oh please....Zero wants nothing more that to be in office for eight years. The guy is so full of sh1t...


2 posted on 08/14/2009 6:00:41 AM PDT by NMEwithin
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At the rate he is screwing up ever thing he touches Captain Zero better be willing to be a 1 Quarter of a term TSAR.
3 posted on 08/14/2009 6:01:34 AM PDT by hflynn (The One is really the Number Two)
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To: steve-b

Can anyone say...Waterloo?


4 posted on 08/14/2009 6:02:06 AM PDT by TheThinker
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To: steve-b

good, let’s defeat them both


5 posted on 08/14/2009 6:02:46 AM PDT by The Wizard (Democrat Party: a criminal enterprise)
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To: steve-b

How kind of him to give up his own personal aspirations to destroy the country.

Of course, we all know this is a big lie. He wants to be President for 8 years, if not for life.


6 posted on 08/14/2009 6:03:10 AM PDT by henkster (The frog has noticed the increase in water temperature)
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To: steve-b

This is great if true. We WANT him to “stake his presidency” on something that nearly two-thirds of Americans absolutely oppose. Way to go, Zero.


7 posted on 08/14/2009 6:03:30 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: NMEwithin
I'll certainly do my part to see that he is a one-termer,
without healthcare reform.
8 posted on 08/14/2009 6:03:46 AM PDT by Mr. Wright
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To: steve-b

Wonder what the pay off from Soros will be after those four years?


9 posted on 08/14/2009 6:04:00 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (No teleprompters were harmed in the creation of this post.)
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To: steve-b

Stake his presidency on health insurance reform? I suppose he already has. And he’s in way over his little, platitude-filled, teleprompter-guided head. As an article posted just above states, “’Hands Off’ Our Health Care, Obama”. We’re willing to look at what he offers, most of us, but most of us just aren’t interested in trading down and paying more.


10 posted on 08/14/2009 6:04:02 AM PDT by flowerplough (I'll take "Mortgaging our Children's Future with More and More Debt" for $1.7 trillion, Alex))
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” he’s willing to be a one-term president “

Happy to oblige...

After we kick you back to Washington with your tail between your legs, we fully intend to kick you back to Chicago....


11 posted on 08/14/2009 6:04:10 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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I actually think the Waterloo reference isn’t a good one. The better one if you’re comparing Obama to Napoleon would be health care as his invasion of Russia.


12 posted on 08/14/2009 6:04:15 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: steve-b

If true, he may convince the Dems to fall on the sword with him as healthcare and energy are such huge pieces of their long-term agenda.

If they can enact these as entitlements, even a major Republican shift would not be enough to undo these programs. It would take a Republican majority of 60 votes or more in the Senate to reverse the damage.

This was the ultimate question for which nobody knew the answer.....is Obama’s second term more important than Obama’s devotion to socialism.


13 posted on 08/14/2009 6:04:38 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: NMEwithin
The mental picture of seeing Obama "getting his can kicked" is a beautiful thing.
14 posted on 08/14/2009 6:04:43 AM PDT by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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Sounds good to me: lose healthcare and lose in 2012.


15 posted on 08/14/2009 6:05:47 AM PDT by Reagan69 (The only thing SHOVEL-READY since BO's stimulus has been MICHAEL JACKSON (tammy bruce))
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“Obama Willing to Stake Presidency on Health Care Reform”

3 year lame duck? Sounds good to me.


16 posted on 08/14/2009 6:07:13 AM PDT by Grunthor (Obama has delusions of adequacy.)
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To: steve-b

Obama is a one termer. Without question.


17 posted on 08/14/2009 6:07:22 AM PDT by nhwingut (The media's love affair with Obama reminds me of a dog humping a telephone pole.)
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To: steve-b

If he is a one term bozo, Soros has a back up plan I’m sure.


18 posted on 08/14/2009 6:08:05 AM PDT by listenhillary (90% of our problems could be resolved with a government 10% of the size it is now.)
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To: steve-b
"Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA) claims that President Obama told him "he's willing to be a one-term president if that's what it takes to get health care and energy reform..."

Needless to say, Obama didn't mention how long he intended that one term to last.

19 posted on 08/14/2009 6:08:05 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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And he said, 'No, if it makes me a one-term president, I'm going to

Why wait 'til the end of the term - RESIGN NOW!

20 posted on 08/14/2009 6:10:44 AM PDT by Retired COB (Still mad about Campaign Finance Reform)
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