Waiting for the Doctor
2012-06-26 - by
Right now President Obama is like a patient waiting for the doctor to bring back the test results. And the signs aren’t good.
In fact, it looks like the Supreme Court is going to give his health-care reform a death sentence on Thursday. Talk about “death panels.”
There are three ways this will be a serious blow.
First, Americans don’t understand what’s in Obama’s plan. For all his oratorical skill, Obama hasn’t persuaded voters that he passed something good for them.
Second, they don’t know what’s in it, but they know they don’t like it. Obama lost that battle long ago.
Third, if the Court rules against him, Obama looks ineffectual. If you look ineffectual, you don’t look like a strong President. If you don’t look like a strong President, people don’t think you can fix the economy. If people don’t think you can fix the economy, you lose the election.
And all this over a provision – the individual mandate – that Obama opposed as a candidate.
Talk about losing control of the narrative.
Maybe Team Obama has a miracle cure and he’ll recover. But, today, the prognosis isn’t good.
Waiting for the Doctor
2012-06-26/
Right now President Obama is like a patient waiting for the doctor to bring back the test results. And the signs aren’t good.
In fact, it looks like the Supreme Court is going to give his health-care reform a death sentence on Thursday. Talk about “death panels.”
There are three ways this will be a serious blow.
First, Americans don’t understand what’s in Obama’s plan. For all his oratorical skill, Obama hasn’t persuaded voters that he passed something good for them.
Second, they don’t know what’s in it, but they know they don’t like it. Obama lost that battle long ago.
Third, if the Court rules against him, Obama looks ineffectual. If you look ineffectual, you don’t look like a strong President. If you don’t look like a strong President, people don’t think you can fix the economy. If people don’t think you can fix the economy, you lose the election.
And all this over a provision – the individual mandate – that Obama opposed as a candidate.
Talk about losing control of the narrative.
Maybe Team Obama has a miracle cure and he’ll recover. But, today, the prognosis isn’t good.