Posted by
Eric Jay on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 9:00:00 AM
The president is having another prime time press conference. It seems he is tiring of the steadily falling support for his pet (nay, dare I say his waterloo? Oh, that one touched a nerve, eh?) project: HealthCare Reform. Not only is there eroding support for the reform, it is commensurate with a steady decline in presidential approval rating. According to
Rasmussen the June approval rating was at a high of 58% and now stands at 51% (it has fallen as low as 50%).
So much for bi-partisanship and the bringing together of a new politics, huh? There has been very little bi-partisanship as with the rush to cram-down the stimulus plan, the president and Reid/Pelosi Democratic Leadership are rushing to get HealthCare Reform done. Thank goodness there are a few Blue Dog Democrats who are holding out. I pray that they are holding out on principle and not for the gain of some political favors and/or gain.
Which brings us back to the presidential presser. The president is going to come out swinging. It seems that Senator Demint touched a nerve when he called the HealthCare Reform President Obama's Waterloo. It certainly has proven to be an Albatross, as the longer HealthCare Reform is rushed through the lower approval ratings are going to go. There is only so much that American people are going to take when it comes to the game of politics. They tire when they are deceived or merely "mis-led."
There needs to be a slowing down. There needs to be a debate. I thought that was one thing that Obama/Biden, and the Democrats promised in winning. New politics. Openness. Transparency. We got none with TARP and we are getting more of the same now. As details roll out about the proposals on the table (as far as anyone can really tell) the less the American people like the reform. I have always thought that the American people would not tolerate a full nationalized healthcare system.
Hearing that there will be a committee of bureaucrats and politicians deciding which procedures will be necessary, cost-effective is too much to bear. That smacks of socialism. There will be a severe backlash if the reform passes in the form it is; just asking legislators to read the darn thing is problematic enough.
Let's have the debate. Let's get true reform not just a political notch on the belt...