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To: Alighieri who wrote (499784)	7/30/2009 1:43:15 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574002

and the nappy head ho. why would you quote him. I thought he was a racist...ohoh are you Boxer ?

To: Alighieri who wrote (499784)	7/30/2009 2:56:13 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574002

The Politics of Health Care Reform "People do not pay close attention to details. The broad message is likely to shape their ultimate view. And the biggest single driver of that opinion is whether health care reform passes. If it does, then it will have a Rose Garden ceremony, lots of commentary about the historical import, liberal celebrations and conservative apoplexy. If it fails, then the plan will be described as a "failure" -- a designation intended to describe the political prospects but which is certain to bleed into the public's estimation of the plan's substantive merits -- and produce endless commentary about liberal overreach, all of which will make people more prone to believe that the plan was a disaster. Democrats simply have to accept that health care reform is going to be polling badly when they vote on it. There's no mechanism in the current media configuration that would allow them to convey the details of the plan in a positive way without getting overrun by negative process stories. It's just not possible. What they have to focus on is which alternative is likely to make them better off: reform passing or reform failing. It's an easy call, which is why I think reform will pass." --Jonathan Chait blogs.tnr.com