Posted on 03/17/2014 9:26:37 AM PDT by george76
The day before the Iowa caucuses in 2008, I wrote about the massive crowds of young people at Barack Obama rallies, noting that his candidacy would collapse if they dont show up.
The next night, after Obamas victory celebration in Des Moines, Obama strategist Steve Hildebrand spotted me in a crowd. The kids showed up! he said fiercely.
They did. But where are they now?
An army of 15 million voters under 30 swept Obama past Hillary Clinton and John McCain and to the presidency in 2008. More than 12 million helped him return in 2012. But now his presidency is on the line and the Obama youth are abandoning him in his hour of need.
The administration announced last week that only 1.08 million people ages 18 to 34 had signed up for Obamacare by the end of February, or about 25 percent of total enrollees. If the proportion doesnt improve significantly, the result likely will be fatal for the Affordable Care Act.
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Asking them to pay money to join a health-care exchange, it seems, is too tall an order
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
if you want to keep your doctor
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well reasoned.
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