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Concern, Doubts From the Left on Obama's Health-Care Plan

By Dan Balz, Sunday, August 23, 2009

Through most of the summer, opposition to President Obama and his health-care initiative has come almost entirely from the right. In the past week, however, the president has been trying to tamp down a noisy uprising on the left.

The immediate cause for the rebellion is growing concern among Obama's progressive allies that he is prepared to deal away the public insurance option to win passage of a health-care bill. Obama insists that he still prefers the public option as part of any legislative package, but some friends on the left now clearly doubt his resolve.

That has given way to broader criticisms: Is Obama tough enough to defeat the interests arrayed against health-care legislation? Has he lost the passion that was such an asset during the campaign? Have his rhetorical skills been muted as he descends into the dry, arcane details of health care? Is he too enamored of bipartisan consensus, given what is seen as Republican implacability? Has he given up the moral high ground in the health-care battle?

From liberal commentators to progressive bloggers to grass-roots activists who went door to door during the campaign, there has been a chorus of concerns raised about Obama -- on health-care strategy, on the deals he and his team have struck with the health-care industry, on the stepped-up troop commitment in Afghanistan, on detainees and torture policy.

How serious is the discontent on the left? Jane Hamsher, founder of the progressive blog http://firedoglake.com and a harsh critic of the White House strategy on health care, said Obama and his team have negotiated themselves into an untenable corner and should not expect the left to bail them out.

"I think it was always coming, and I think they were foolish not to see it coming," she said of the disenchantment expressed by some on the left. "He campaigned on a public plan, and people are really attached to it." ...

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He hasn't "lost" anything. He's just an outright liar. We all saw it. The people who supported him stuck their heads in the sand and were convinced he was their "Messiah." Obama campaigns on whatever promise he believes will get him what he wants. When he gets it, he has no use for what got him what he wanted. Those that supported him deserve exactly what they are getting. Unfortunately the rest of us have to suffer, too.

-- Edited by thebword on Tuesday 25th of August 2009 12:14:13 PM

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According to Health Care for America Now, the majority of Americans want health care reform.  BO is going into full campaign mode now.  Geez, when will this campaigning end and when will this administration start governing?

"Obama supporters plan pro-health overhaul push" 8/25/09
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Obama-supporters-plan-apf-1533844043.html?x=0&.v=1

 

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supporters of President Barack Obama's health care agenda are ramping up their efforts with rallies and bus tours starting this week, aiming to counter increasing public skepticism leading up to Congress' post-Labor Day return to Washington.

"We want to send members of Congress back to D.C. with the real message, which is that the majority of the public want comprehensive health care reform and we want it now," said Jacki Schechner, spokeswoman for Health Care for America Now, an umbrella organization of groups pushing for a comprehensive health care overhaul.

"We want to make sure members of Congress understand the last couple of weeks is not where the majority of the public is," said Schechner, referring to rowdy town hall meetings dominated by critics of the Democrats' plans.

As conservative groups have organized against Democrats' health care legislation and cast it as a government takeover of health care, polls have shown fading public support for sweeping changes, and skepticism over Obama's handling of the issue.

Health Care for America Now is coordinating its efforts with Organizing for America, the Obama campaign organization now melded into the national Democratic Party, which reputedly has an e-mail list of up to 13 million names.

Organizing for America plans a bus tour with kickoffs beginning Wednesday in cities including Phoenix, Albuquerque and Denver. Some 500 events are planned around the country through Labor Day, Schechner said.


 



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