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The article describes how Democrats can't figure out "how to talk about Obamacare".
What it really means is, their usual lies aren't holding up any more, as people find out over and over they aren't true.
Telling the truth about is is, as always, to be avoided at all cost. When Nancy Pelosi said, "You have to pass it to find out what's in it", what she really meant was, "If you knew what's in it, you'd never pass it."
The problem Democrats have now, is that normal Americans are finding out what's in it. And they are starting to kick out the Democrats who support it.
The farthest some Democrats are willing to go, as quoted by the article, is to say [you] cant, with a straight face, stand up and say this is a perfect bill.
That's like saying the Titanic's maiden voyage to New York, wasn't a perfect voyage.
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Florida loss exposes Democrats' disarray on Obamacare - Jake Sherman and Burgess Everett - POLITICO.com
Florida loss exposes Democrats' disarray on Obamacare
Jollys win has many Democrats worried about how to talk about Obamacare.
By JAKE SHERMAN and BURGESS EVERETT
3/12/14 9:00 PM EDT Updated: 3/13/14 9:17 AM EDT
Democrats cant even agree whether Obamacare was the reason for their crushing loss in a Florida special election Tuesday.
Now picture how their messaging plan for the health care law is shaping up for 2014.
Republican lobbyist David Jollys victory over Democrat Alex Sink has many Democrats privately worried and publicly split about how to talk about Obamacare.
A few Democrats are advocating a drastic rhetorical shift to the left, by criticizing their own party for not going far enough when it passed the law in 2010. Other Democrats plan to sharply criticize the Affordable Care Act when running for re-election.
Many plan to stick to the simple message that Obamacare is flawed and needs to be fixed a tactic that plainly didnt work for Sink. Taken together, the Democratic Party is heading into an already tough election year divided instead of united on the very issue Republicans plan to make central to their campaigns.
The political tug of Obamacare is neatly encapsulated by Rep. Ron Barber, a Democrat who holds a Tucson, Ariz., area seat. Barber said hes uncomfortable with his partys health care message, and added that you cant, with a straight face, stand up and say this is a perfect bill. He wishes Democrats would be willing to be honest about this legislation and to be willing to point out, and not be defensive, and say whats good about it and say what we are willing to change.
But illustrating the tension, Martha McSally, Barbers opponent, appeared at a closed House Republican Conference meeting Wednesday, saying shes on offense against Obamacare, and the Florida results prove her race is winnable.
Vulnerable members of the presidents party appeared to run from questions about it Wednesday.
Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) one of the Senates most vulnerable incumbents twice waved off a reporters questions. Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), who will likely face GOP Rep. Cory Gardner in November, said he would prefer to answer a reporters question by phone to offer a coherent response. But his aides did not later make him available for an interview.
What it really means is, their usual lies aren't holding up any more, as people find out over and over they aren't true.
Telling the truth about is is, as always, to be avoided at all cost. When Nancy Pelosi said, "You have to pass it to find out what's in it", what she really meant was, "If you knew what's in it, you'd never pass it."
The problem Democrats have now, is that normal Americans are finding out what's in it. And they are starting to kick out the Democrats who support it.
The farthest some Democrats are willing to go, as quoted by the article, is to say [you] cant, with a straight face, stand up and say this is a perfect bill.
That's like saying the Titanic's maiden voyage to New York, wasn't a perfect voyage.
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Florida loss exposes Democrats' disarray on Obamacare - Jake Sherman and Burgess Everett - POLITICO.com
Florida loss exposes Democrats' disarray on Obamacare
Jollys win has many Democrats worried about how to talk about Obamacare.
By JAKE SHERMAN and BURGESS EVERETT
3/12/14 9:00 PM EDT Updated: 3/13/14 9:17 AM EDT
Democrats cant even agree whether Obamacare was the reason for their crushing loss in a Florida special election Tuesday.
Now picture how their messaging plan for the health care law is shaping up for 2014.
Republican lobbyist David Jollys victory over Democrat Alex Sink has many Democrats privately worried and publicly split about how to talk about Obamacare.
A few Democrats are advocating a drastic rhetorical shift to the left, by criticizing their own party for not going far enough when it passed the law in 2010. Other Democrats plan to sharply criticize the Affordable Care Act when running for re-election.
Many plan to stick to the simple message that Obamacare is flawed and needs to be fixed a tactic that plainly didnt work for Sink. Taken together, the Democratic Party is heading into an already tough election year divided instead of united on the very issue Republicans plan to make central to their campaigns.
The political tug of Obamacare is neatly encapsulated by Rep. Ron Barber, a Democrat who holds a Tucson, Ariz., area seat. Barber said hes uncomfortable with his partys health care message, and added that you cant, with a straight face, stand up and say this is a perfect bill. He wishes Democrats would be willing to be honest about this legislation and to be willing to point out, and not be defensive, and say whats good about it and say what we are willing to change.
But illustrating the tension, Martha McSally, Barbers opponent, appeared at a closed House Republican Conference meeting Wednesday, saying shes on offense against Obamacare, and the Florida results prove her race is winnable.
Vulnerable members of the presidents party appeared to run from questions about it Wednesday.
Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) one of the Senates most vulnerable incumbents twice waved off a reporters questions. Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), who will likely face GOP Rep. Cory Gardner in November, said he would prefer to answer a reporters question by phone to offer a coherent response. But his aides did not later make him available for an interview.
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