re: #315 palomino

The Hillarycare parallels are a bit misleading, I think. One reason it failed was that it was actually a more “radical left wing” plan than Obamacare, which is in truth a Republican plan courtesy of people like Dole, Gingrich and Romney. All of which makes the gop opposition to it seem even more mindlessly anti-Obama partisanship.

Another reason Hillarycare failed was that Bill put Hillary in charge of pushing the plan. This made a lot of Dems and Repubs resentful, as in “who the hell is this lady lecturing us?” She’s obviously gained in stature since then.

All I’m saying is she would have had an even worse time. It no longer matters what Hilarycare contained - but that the GOP would have said over and over to the Insurance companies, to business owners to anyone who would listen - that Hilary is doing it again.
Sec Of State being overseas is a good position for her - there is still very very little time or respect for her among people on the right even after stepping out of Bills shadow.