But I don’t think the people in DC will listen:
Their blind persistence in the face of reality threatens to turn this political march of folly into an electoral rout in November. In the wake of the stinging loss in Massachusetts, there was a moment when the president and the Democratic leadership seemed to realize the reality of the health-care situation. Yet like some seductive siren of Greek mythology, the lure of health-care reform has arisen again.
As pollsters to the past two Democratic presidents, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, respectively, we feel compelled to challenge the myths that seem to be prevailing in the political discourse and to once again urge a change in course before it is too late. At stake is the kind of mainstream, common-sense Democratic Party that we believe is crucial to the success of the American enterprise…
…The White House document released Thursday arguing that reform is becoming more popular is in large part fighting the last war. This isn’t 1994; it’s 2010. And the bottom line is that the American public is overwhelmingly against this bill in its totality even if they like some of its parts.
The notion that once enactment is forced, the public will suddenly embrace health-care reform could not be further from the truth — and is likely to become a rallying cry for disaffected Republicans, independents and, yes, Democrats.
Second, the country is moving away from big government, with distrust growing more generally toward the role of government in our lives. Scott Rasmussen asked last month whose decisions people feared more in health care: that of the federal government or of insurance companies. By 51 percent to 39 percent, respondents feared the decisions of federal government more. This is astounding given the generally negative perception of insurance companies.
Which is, of course, exactly what I’ve been on about for months. Its not the economy, stupid. Its not the spin, stupid. Its not the “party of no”, stupid. Its the government – people are mad at government. Local, State and federal, the majority have had it with government and its bloated budgets, sweet heart deals for the well connected and serial political corruption. If Democrats are thinking they can swing people behind ObamaCare once its passed, or that improved economic numbers will save the day, they’ve got rocks in their heads. Unemployment could drop to 8% by November and it won’t matter in the least.
Unless Obama and his Democrats can convince the American people that they have changed their ways – that they have given up Big Government solutions and are really, seriously going to balance the budget and jail the corrupt – then the Democrats will lose in November, and lose rather badly.
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