Glitches in State Exchanges Give G.O.P. a Cudgel

New York Times ^ | February 1, 2014 | ABBY GOODNOUGH

[Cincinatus' Wife]

"......“People see incompetence when they look at this,” said Michael Short, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee. “Everyone that’s associated with it is going to have to deal with the consequences of this terrible law, including the state legislators who created these exchanges and the governors in charge of running them.”

Last month, the Republican National Committee filed public-records requests in Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Oregon seeking information about compensation and vacation time for the exchange directors, four of whom have resigned. All five states have Democratic governors whose terms end this year. Three of them — Gov. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, Gov. Mark Dayton of Minnesota and Gov. John Kitzhaber of Oregon — are seeking re-election.

In Maryland, the turmoil around the state-run exchange is dogging Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, a Democrat hoping to succeed Gov. Martin O’Malley, who is leaving office because of term limits. Mr. O’Malley made Mr. Brown his point person on the health care law’s rollout in Maryland, and now Mr. Brown’s opponents — both Democratic and Republican — are bludgeoning him with the state exchange’s failures......."

[ClearCase_guy]

The GOP will continue to beat itself with this cudgel, until morale improves.

[Zeppo]

It goes without saying that had such a massive government screw-up occurred during the Bush administration, the NYT would not be trying to downplay things by using words such as "glitches" in their headlines, nor would they be focusing on what the opposition party was doing to gain political advantage. Rather, they would be pounding away at the President with article after article, headline after headline, innuendo after innuendo, breathless with outrage and righteous indignation, just like they did with the 'glitches' at the Abu Ghraib prison.

Oh, but I must be mistaken - the NYT would never permit their editorial page biases to bleed through into their news coverage, would they?

[GOPJ]

It goes without saying that had such a massive government screw-up occurred during the Bush administration, the NYT would not be trying to downplay things by using words such as "glitches" in their headlines, nor would they be focusing on what the opposition party was doing to gain political advantage...

Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!

[GOPJ]

It goes without saying that had such a massive government screw-up occurred during the Bush administration, the NYT would not be trying to downplay things by using words such as "glitches" in their headlines, nor would they be focusing on what the opposition party was doing to gain political advantage...

Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah! And ABBY GOODNOUGH - time to grow up...

[DoughtyOne]

glitches in the exchanges

=

scratches on the titanic

[tet68]

I’m sorry, the GOPe wouldn’t know what to do with a
cudgel if they held it in their hand.

Hey kewl, a stick!
look, it’s got TWO ends!

[ROCKLOBSTER]

All five states have Democratic governors

Ain't nothing "democratic" about these Marxist dictators and their union thug militias.

[esoxmagnum]

“I’m sorry, the GOPe wouldn’t know what to do with a
cudgel if they held it in their hand.”

Sure they do. They’d use that cudge to beat on the TEA party and force amnesty through, ensuring they will be the party of ridicule.