re: #306 wozzablog

That wouldn’t have mattered to the people who remember “Hilarycare”, namely Republicans on the Hill and in the media. They hated her guts to begin with - viscerally - Obama came in with a clean slate and had to earn the vitriol. It was pre-packaged with Hilary.

Its not about Vitriol. It is about power. Its like war and peace. you don’t make peace with your friends, you make it with your enemies. Same thing with tough legislation. you don’t pass it with your peers all clapping along side you, you ram it down the throats of your adversaries and power it through using whatever weapons you possess.