Special Qualifyer: I rarely if ever read Moldlitico, but since so many hung their hat on what this organization reported last night, I figured that I needed to read the article in question, in order to understand what was truly reported, and so I did.
From what I gather, the part about what Obama was conceding, pushing, or not standing by was not really quoted by anyone who had a name attached to him/her/it in the article.
What I did pick up on in particular were two passages in where I note a few important things;
Axelrod is not pessimistic in his belief that health care reform will be passed,
and it appears that even the Moldlitico writer admitted that it is News organization that have
been the ones steering the national debate into a place that has been hurtful to the cause of health care reform. Since we know that News Organization have been pushing to confuse instead of to inform citizens about what health care reform could really do in terms of providing better services and helping our national deficit, this admission did not slip by me.
In addition, it appears that this administration is gearing up to place curbs on the financial sector in ways of new regulations. (let's see the Republicans fight that one, and you know they will.) For those judging in the past tense what is happening in the current & future tense, that's really not helpful nor fair to either the fight for Health Care reform nor for the future agenda coming from this Administration nor for the party that is not the GOP, and lastly, not for this country.
“History will judge whether this was right or it was wrong,” Axelrod said. “We feel strongly that it was right. As a result of it, we have broad consensus on over 80 percent of this stuff, and a lot of good ideas about how to achieve the other 20. Now, people are looking to the president and the president is eager to help lead that process of harmonizing these different elements and completing this process so that we can solve what is a big problem in the lives of the American people, for our businesses and our economy.”
White House officials say they are looking forward to "a break from the August break" --
a chance to take back control of the debate after a grim month where news coverage of the issue was dominated by vocal, emotional opponents at lawmakers’ town meetings, railing against the cost and complexity of the plans being debated. ....Many Democrats, especially in the House, were spooked over break by the rowdy town hall meetings and flurry of polls showing independent voters skeptical of their leadership and spending plans.
The mood swing is hitting some top leaders hard: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), for instance, is trailing little-known GOP contenders in his re-election race now.
The news swing has been no less brutal. There has been saturation coverage of the town halls and rising casualties in Afghanistan -- the latter leading to a big drop in support for the war. All of this makes for a tumultuous -- and wildly unpredictable -- fall for Obama and his party.
(double pun intended by Moldlitico writer, not doubt) Axelrod said he isn’t worried. “Part of it is born of long experience,” he said. “In Washington, every day is Election Day. I’d be lying to you if I told you I don’t look at polls -- I do. But I’ve also learned that you have to keep your eye on the horizon here and not get bogged down. I am not Polyannish, but I am also not given to the hysteria that's endemic to this town.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/26672_Page2.html Also this fall, Obama wants to slap new regulations on Wall Street firms, a goal that is now considered a higher priority than cap-and-trade energy legislation in the West Wing. White House officials think the legislation will show voters, especially wavering independents, that he is serious about making the culprits of the economic crisis pay.
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