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People Oppose Healthcare Reform Because They Have Brains
Commonsense & Wonder —
Peggy Noonan on Healthcare: The Democratic Party and the White House repeatedly suggest that if you are not for the bill or an overhaul, you don't care about your fellow human beings and you love and support the insurance companies. Actually, no one loves the insurance companies, including the insurance companies. They attack aspects of various bills but seem unable to defend themselves, which is why you haven't seen any 60-second spots explaining that they actually perform a public good, which they do, however imperfectly, frustratingly, mindlessly ...
THE DIFFERENT REALITY INHABITED BY THE CONSERVATIVE BASE
Right Wing Nut House —
... the White House. Of course, the right may give these independents nowhere to go in 2010 and 2012 unless the GOP can show that they are capable of governing rather than simply obstructing. I think independents are sophisticated enough to understand why the GOP cannot go along with Obamacare in its proposed form. But Republicans must present alternatives that are realistic and achievable if they hope to make the kinds of gains necessary to challenge for leadership. Peggy Noonan has a brilliant column in today’s Wall Street Journal that speaks to the reality the rest of the ...
Anita Dunn Fires Back with a Limp Gun
Gates of Vienna —
... : the House stimulus plan with a $787bn price tag. Peggy Noonan has a good editorial explaining Obama’s mis-steps so far: I’m not sure the White House can tell the difference between campaign mode and governing mode, but it is the difference between “us versus them” and “us.” People sense the president does too much of the former, and this is reflected not only in words but decisions, such as the pursuit of a health-care agenda that was inevitably divisive. It has lost the public’s enthusiastic backing, if it ever had it, but is gaining on Capitol Hill. People don’t want ...
The GOP and the Coming Civil War
The Moderate Voice —
... and a thought provoking column by Peggy Noonan, was a bit harsh. But on further reflection, it seems to me that it may not have even gone far enough. (By all means, follow the links to those two source pieces in addition to Rick’s essay. They are eye openers, and not in the usual partisan hack festival way.) ...
It Will All Come to Tears
The American Spectator —
... types who might be reading this, GAO makes it clear that the results of its various simulations "are not materially different." You can check out the document for the technical explanations. Is anyone in Congress listening? And are we to believe that the Baucus health care plan is really a cost-saver over time? Adding new health care mandates on top of this mountain of debt is simply "the absolute height of fiscal irresponsibility" as my hero, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) recently told Peggy Noonan. Anyway, GAO soldiers on, noting that "the sense of urgency has increased" ...
