John Dickerson’s article in Slate this week discusses Obama’s apparent “missteps” in the health care reform debate.
Key quote:
On health care, it’s clear that Obama is still working out his riff. He’s been talking about the subject for months and yet the number of people who disapprove of his handling of the issue continues to rise. In several polls, people now disapprove of his performance more than they approve. He has pushed the idea that health care reform will not increase the deficit—to the exclusion of other arguments he might make—and yet the message is not getting through. In a recent Quinnipiac University poll, voters did not believe, by a margin of 72 percent to 21 percent, that Obama will keep his promise to overhaul the health care system without adding to the deficit.
To me, this article is just another out of countless examples of supposed political “experts” underestimating Obama. Seriously, he has been underestimated so many times that it’s become laughable now. When are they going to get it?
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