Reply #3: Why WOULDN'T the administration agree with Gibbs? Does Obama think he is like Bush?

[BzaDem]

Gibbs was attacking a very small subset of the left. A subset that believes Obama is like Bush in many (if not most) ways. A subset that believes we should have decided not to pass HCR because single payer (and its approximately 10 supporters in the Senate) was right around the corner.

He wasn't even attacking single payer as a policy matter. I would be somewhat surprised if he wasn't in favor of it himself.

Of course, if you blow up Gibbs comments to pretend he was attacking all left-leaning criticisms of Obama, so that you can become the victim, you might draw a different conclusion.