Matt travels to Massachucets to slaughter the goat and read it's entrails
Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat was taken yesterday by a moderate Republican state senator named Scott Brown. This race was all about gender and had nothing to do with Obama or health care. Scott Brown is a broad shouldered, square-jawed, good looking MAN who ran an excellent campaign. He campaigned vigorously for this seat, used his underdog status to his advantage and connected with the voters. Now, I know the teabaggers are reading this with steam coming out of their ears because they want to see yesterdays vote in Mass as a vote against Obama but I assure you, it was not. Teabaggers, I have two words for you: Mitt Romney. How did this man get elected as the Republican governor of Mass? Mitt Romney is a broad shouldered, square-jawed, good looking MAN who connected with voters........kinda like a Ted Kennedy. I know that the conventional wisdom sees this race as a referendum on heath care (even the evil liberal L.A. times said so on the front page) but as usual the conventional wisdom is wrong. As always in politics the better looking candidate won.
Here is my take on healthcare:
1. The most popular government programs are social security and medicare. (Still waiting for the teabaggers to give up these) The reason that these are so popular is because they cover everybody and can be easily explained.
2. The benefits of healthcare reform are hard to explain because in a nation of over 300 million only 30 million are without health insurance.
3. People are not really motivated to cover the 30 million because it does not immediately benefit them. (such as medicare and social security)
4. Obama and the Dems did not frame the argument as to why our country will benefit from healthcare reform
5. Healthcare will therefore not go through, and millions of poor people will not visit the doctor out of fear of cost. Republicans should be proud of themselves for this. As always, the rich and well connected will be taken care of the poor will get the shaft.
posted by dole2obama @ 1:36 PM
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2 Comments:
It's not necessarily always the poor, because if you are poor enough you get medicaid....its also the professional who is laid off and is unable to pay for COBRA....and it is also the guy who works for GE who must pay a 4000 deductible for anything other than preventative treatment!
One of the most liberal states in the U.S. just voted a Republican to take dear old Teddye's seat in the Senate. And it has sent shock waves around the world. It has also sent a clear message that we "tea baggers" along with Mass. people who voted for Obama's "hope and change" aren't getting the bang for the vote that they thought they would. How can anyone not see the writing on the wall that Browns victory was a vote against Obama,Pelosi,Reid and the rest of the Dems on capitol hill. The health care vote is DOA. Like all politicians on both sides of the isle they only care about be re-elected. With Brown winning in Mass. all they want to do is to hold onto their seat in the 2010 election. They will be bailing on the health care bill like rats!!
Love ya, Susan
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