Hillarysworld

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The question that dogs Dems: What if Obama fails?
By: Julie Mason
Examiner White House Correspondent
March 10, 2010

President Obama's strategy for closing on health care relies on blaming the insurance industry, reminding Americans that coverage is a problem and urging public opinion to shift momentum in Congress.

Not part of the equation: What if he loses?

"No Democrat wants to contemplate it and certainly no one in the administration, because the consequences are too frightful," said Stephen Hess, a presidential scholar at the Brookings Institution.

The White House this week is stepping up pressure on congressional Democrats in a final drive to get reform on the books. In two rallies this week, Obama is hoping to turn public opinion back his way.

Last week's largely foregone conclusion about the Democrats using a parliamentary maneuver to pass reform with simple majorities is looking increasingly difficult.

"This one he has to win," said Hess, who added he believes Obama will prevail. "He has backed himself into that position."

If Obama fails on health care, the fallout could be significant. The rest of his agenda makes health care look easy: controlling air pollution, tackling immigration reform, reforming education, relocating detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison, creating jobs and more.

Read more at the Washington Examiner
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Well, there is sure a long list of even more complicated items, but can he please get the HC correct? No, he/Pelosi had to get public option voted on with Stupakistan in it and there is no way in hell the more centrist Senate will get that through!