re: #290 3kids3dogs

It’s almost unimaginable to me that anyone that paid even the slightest attention to the 2008 presidential campaign can now imply that healthcare reform is some kind of stealth issue that Obama is trying to spring on the American public. IMO, it’s probably one of the main reasons people voted for him.

Same here. i almost literally find it unbelievable. It was such a central concern that even McCain had to promise some form of it. I don’t understand how people missed that — unless they were never very interested in the platform of either candidate, or the issues involved, as opposed to sheer partisan loyalty. (without even knowing what the party officially endorsed). Mindboggling.

And I’d agree that it was one of the main reasons people voted for him, just as it’s one of the main reasons why the GOP seeks to block it at all costs. they know perfectly well that passing any is going to translate into electoral success for the Dems for a long time to come— just as enacting Social Security did. that’s why we’re even seeing the return of the same arguments made then: it will socialise the nation, etc.

Along similar lines, I’m always amazed to see the latest poll purporting to show that Americans don’t want reform. Rubbish.