[Obadiah]

The only thing that might make his assertions sound believable now is if a group of congressional Republicans were standing next to him on the podium and putting forward a bill right along with him. Which, obviously, won’t happen, for three reasons. First, they enjoy his discomfort. Second, they believe the bill is not worth saving, that at this point no matter what it contains—and at this point most people can no longer retain in their heads what it contains—it has been fatally tainted by the past year of mistakes and inadequacies.

And the third reason is that the past decade has taught them what a disaster looks like, and they’ve lost their taste for standing next to one.

For what Noonan writes here I hate myself for violating the oath I made not to read her stuff. Noonan still doesn't get it. She thinks we somehow enjoy Obama's discomfort. Oh, my gosh. How out of touch is Noonan? We HATE what Obama is doing to America!

Proving once again, that elitist Noonan is still writing for the cocktail party set.

[Daisyjane69]

actually, I DO enjoy his discomfort. There’s something simply grand about watching the Peter Principle unfold before your eyes.

[hstacey]

It’s about the bill Obama’s trying to pass no how uncomfortable he is...It’s real simple, “QUIT SPENDING MONEY”!!! How dare the government take my money and spend on abortions!!! I don’t believe in abortion and I should not spend my money to make it happen!!! It’s that simple!!!

[Common Sense 101]

Agree 100%. Every nitwit political elitist in DC sees everything through political “glasses”, a perversion that does not appear to register with ANY of them. This healthcare “reform” is nothing more than a giant leap toward a socialist state, it has nothing to do with placing another notch on a post simply because communist-loving demonrats felt “discomfort”. Idiot.

[9YearLurker]

Exactly. And she’s an intellectual disaster. This right-of-center country needs this ‘progressive’ president to be successful—when he’s hell-bent on destroying everything about it?

If only he’d been a little more solicitous of the Republicans in Congress he could have succeeded? That’s in some ways all too true an assessment, but it would have been a national, and hence global, disaster.

Ideology matters. It’s what Obama and politics are about, it’s what our country has woken up to, it’s what the tea parties are about. All this frou-frou and other stuff is beside the point.

Just as Obama may have re-energized the right for the next decade, if Obamacare does indeed die, it may have woken the Pubbie Congress coming in to actually getting government distortions out of our healthcare industry—so that it can be better and more accessible than ever.

A failed Obama may be the very best thing for this country indeed.

[PghBaldy]

She was specifically referring to Congressional Republicans.

[Chaguito]

But she is talking about Congressional Republicans, not you and me. Of course, that still doesn’t change my impression that she is an elitist.