A Lucky Political Disaster
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I think it’s safe to say now that the Obamacare rollout has been a total disaster, and Democrats have no choice but to make some concessions (or “fixes”). Even if it wasn’t really a disaster, it’s solidified in the national consciousness as a disaster, and perception is reality in politics.
Okay but I have a question. Republican pundits are all like, “We told you this would happen all along! You should have listened to us!” According to Wikipedia, the bill signed into law in 2010 passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 219-212, with 34 Democrats voting against it. Are Republicans saying that they weren’t able to put forth a coherent enough argument against Obamacare to persuade four more Democrats to vote against it? Something that is so blindingly obvious to everyone now couldn’t be put into words back then?
I’m not buying it. Republicans didn’t have any more idea of what was in that law than Democrats did.
No, the reason Republicans now have a winning argument is that a bunch of IT people bungled the roll-out of a major web site and some insurance companies screwed over their customers. It’s remotely possible that Republicans now have a snowball’s chance in hell of finding someone palatable enough to win the 2016 election, all because of a fortuitous disaster.
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