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Hecuba's daughter4/08/2019 10:10:10 am PDT

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That last part was the big criticism of Obama, that he didn’t sell his and the Democrats accomplishments, being satisfied with just achieving them. It’s what I worry about with some of the best policy people in our Democratic campaign. The president has to be part salesperson.

That is Trump’s genius: his ability to continually claim “accomplishments” without having any to speak of, except for those that maintain his evangelical base, who care only about repealing Roe and harming gays and transgendered.

If the initial rollout of the ACA had been straightforward, the Democrats might have been able to claim it as a success but the many missteps, which usually accompany major software releases, did deter them and work against them. Obama should have been promoting it on a daily basis but that’s never been his strength. However, the Dems have learned their lesson (hopefully) and should be denouncing the Republicans for their health care fail