Knowing what you know now, would you have voted for ObamaCare....

[Filuwaúrdjan]

This was my answer at the time...

Due to a sudden flare up of a serious chronic condition, Congressman Sibboleth will not be able to be at the vote today.

Quite happy to stand by this and my other posts from the time.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Yeah, I was amused at all the talk of healthcare 'reform' as being Obama's Waterloo... I mean, it might have been his Moscow or his Leipzig, but...

I DID CALL IT I DID

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Yeah, the technical term for this sort of law is a dogs breakfast. There was never any need for anything so monstrously complex (certainly not when you consider the extremely limited scope of it all!) but this is what happens when you let wonks loose in government. And actually this applies to the awful politics of it as well; why was it sold in technocratic language about 'lowering costs' rather than as a moral necessity? I think this answers your point about the electorate never warming to the programme.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

On the issue of downballot losses note that the Republicans are a hair away from having a Constitution-amending majority amongst the State Legislatures. Not a joke, although I wish otherwise.