Though they will be pummeled in November, the Dems can now they can hold their heads up high at the next Socialist International confab.
Posted on 03/25/2010 3:34:09 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Emanuel: Health overhaul worth taking a political beating By Jordan Fabian - 03/25/10 04:44 PM ET
Passing major healthcare reform legislation into law was worth taking a political beating, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said Thursday.
Over the course of the 13 months it took to draft, debate and pass the $940 billion overhaul, President Barack Obama saw his once high approval ratings drop below 50 percent and faced vehement criticism from Republicans, who unanimously refused to support the effort despite his overtures.
"As [Obama] said repeatedly, which is a sign, he was willing to spend, quote, unquote, 'the political capital' to get something done that was materially and politically, policy wise, important for the American people," Emanuel told CNN in an interview, his first since the law passed, to air Thursday evening. "And if you asked them, today, even -- or a week ago, pre- the bill, was it worth the political capital spent, he would say, yes."
Some polls have shown that the new law is popular while others have not, but Democrats are pushing forward with ads and speeches explaining how the law will reform the nation's healthcare system.many Democratic leaders have predicted the effort will be a political winner in this fall's midterm contests.
Emanuel himself became the focus on the political struggle behind the reform effort. After Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) election in January, an event that appeared to sideline the reform effort, the media reported on the alleged rift between Emanuel and several other members of Obama's inner circle.
Emanuel reportedly wanted a smaller bill that focused on more popular reforms while other advisers urged Obama to push ahead with the larger bill that did more, but suffered from poor polling and uniform GOP opposition.
But the chief of staff expressed confidence in the role he played during the push for healthcare reform, which Democrats are hailing as the nation's biggest domestic accomplishment since Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" programs.
"I have no doubt of my role in this and I feel quite good about that sense of it," he said, adding that Obama gave him a "high five" after the House passed the bill Sunday.
Rahm you guys are going to get drawn and quartered and sent into exile or worse.
Emanuel: Health overhaul worth taking a political beating
Then let the beatings begin... oh dear, will that be considered a “threat” against the widdle limp-wristed panty waist commies?
Worth it to who?
Wait a minute. So all the Independents in this country supported ObamaCare too, huh? All the polls showing public disapproval were all Republicans then, right?
They just keep inventing stuff and making things up and slipping them into subconscious stories to alter events.
You are about to get one from SCOTUS Rahm.
Though they will be pummeled in November, the Dems can now they can hold their heads up high at the next Socialist International confab.
You ain't seen nuthin’ yet.
I think the democrats are in deeper trouble than we realize. I’d love to see what their internal polls look like.
Yeah, and we all KNOW how well that's worked out !
ROFL
“effen Retard”
was it worth the political capital spent, he would say, yes.”
You guys need to be taught a lesson. Maybe more than one. Governing against the will of the people will not stand for long.
Of course it is. It dumps individual rights for collective rights. Whatever short term losses the left suffers will more than be made up for in long term control over ... everything.
Easy to say from a man in a tutu.
“As [Obama] said repeatedly, which is a sign,...”
A SIGN, he spoke and it was A SIGN!
Come November you liberal snake, you’ll reap the whirlwind.
The man is disgusting
Let’s hope they get beaten like a rented mule come November.
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