Reply #38: And I didn't say that healthcare reform per se is a mistake. [View All]

I said that Hillarycare was a mistake. With everything that meant: including timing and the nature of the plan along with the way it was presented.

The phrase "healthcare reform" does not explain what kind of plan Hillary promoted.
You can reform health care in many different ways. The way Hillary approached it was wrong, both in terms of policy and politics. The US will not have government-run universal health care in the foreseeable future because this is not a country where social democracy is a popular philosophy. This is not Sweden and not Canada. This is a much more paranoid country which, frankly, is still haunted by the picture of the Red Army invading the US and forcing everyone to follow communism.

The way Hillary wanted to do it made Clinton and the Dems look liberal, out of touch with mainstream America, which is exactly what the Repukes exploited in 1994.

Didn't Hillary understand that her plan cannot pass? What was she thinking?

What is wrong with being a liberal?

Again, ask Clinton about that. Unless you think Halperin lies Clinton pretty much wanted to avoid of being labeled as a liberal as he knew that's a political loser.
And that actually is consistent with his post-1994 behavoir and triangulation.


Again, you didn't answer my question about your choice for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008?

I did. You can find it under the 'welcome' post.