After all the spin being put out there concerning the President’s speech, I really enjoyed the analysis done by Jay Cost over at Horse Race Blog. Jay cuts though the noise and provides a technical look at the process behind the issues and explains why something is likely to pass or fail. A good example of this is when everyone started assuming that the Democrats would be able to ram legislation through Congress, Jay pointed out how many Senators came from states that had been won by McCain in the last election.
So with that in mind, if you are worried about how the message today after the speech is the Republicans were mean, and that the Democrats are fired up you should read Jay’s blog entry for today. The bottom line if you are a Conservative is Obama does not understand what his party needs to pass this and he missed the opportunity last night.
With wiffs by the President like the one he had last night, as well as the disarray in Congress, I feel better by the day that HC reform is dying and with it a great deal of political capital used up.
- FOP Vermillion