All This Is That National Affairs Correspondent
It has become abundantly clear that the Republicans and the Tea Party People think they have found the winning issue in their quest to return to power. From chairman Michael Steele to windbag Mitch McConnell, the GOP have said that they will hold the Democrats feet to the fire for passing health care reform come November.
Essentially the Republicans intend to campaign on their twisted belief that there is nothing wrong with the way insurance companies do business. In fact, the GOP seems to say, we probably need to cut them even more leeway. [Ed's note: how's that free-enterprisey stuff workin' for ya?] This is a fight that Obama is nowhere near ready to give up. In fact, in the last few days he seems to have caught fire again--giving impassioned speeches (as opposed to those rather cooler, cerebral ones that dominated his first year as President. He has held two large rallies outside Washington this week. He's twisting arms, rallying the troops and making one more push to settle this insanity for once, and for all.
Mr. Obama said this week, and rightfully so, that his health care plan incorporates the best ideas of Democrats and Republicans, and that it strikes a middle ground between government-run health care, and a system dominated by insurance companies.
"So I don't believe we should give either the government or the insurance companies more control over health care in America. I want to give you more control over health care in America."As an old friend once wrote in a poem "Go, you sumbitch!, go!"
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