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This Is Our President

Earlier this week, President Obama finally laid out clearly and concisely what he wanted in a health care bill (and only 14 months after he should have!).  What he didn’t want: a public option.  No government-run health care even though 23 Senators recently signaled that they would support it if the bill were going to go through reconciliation and would only need 50 votes instead of 60.  Also, polling shows that a majority of Americans wants a public option.  But Obama didn’t include it in his wish list.  Why?

As Press Secretary Robert Gibbs revealed today, “We have seen obviously that though there are some that are supportive of this, there isn’t enough political support in a majority to get this through.”  They don’t have the votes.  Because the President thinks that the measure wouldn’t pass, he doesn’t support it.  It isn’t because he thinks the public option is bad or that it needs better definition.  It’s because he thinks he might lose.  He is a coward.

So this is our President: a man who will fight for the people as long as he thinks he can score a political victory.  He won’t fight for us, he won’t fight for change, he won’t even fight for what’s popular.  He’ll fight for what he thinks Congress can accomplish.  He’ll fight for nothing.

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