{"id":14103,"date":"2009-09-03T07:15:13","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T12:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=14103"},"modified":"2009-09-03T07:15:13","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T12:15:13","slug":"the-never-ending-2012-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=14103","title":{"rendered":"The never-ending 2012 campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning we awaken to a new phase of the Obama 2012 campaign – the election campaign that never ends. Apparently, the face we never tire of seeing has called a special joint session of Congress so he can explain to them what he expects from their healthcare that he refuses to draft – voting present on one of the most important issues to be decided this year. (Washington Times<\/a> link)<\/p>\n

The White House on Wednesday said Mr. Obama would head to Capitol Hill on Sept. 9 to speak to lawmakers in prime time upon their return from a monthlong vacation that was highlighted by heated town-hall meetings on health care. Top advisers to the president promised that Mr. Obama would give more detailed direction to Congress, after months of only general guidance.<\/p>\n

Though David Axelrod, top adviser to the president, said Mr. Obama still “embraces” a government-run “public option” for health insurance, which combined with the plan’s price tag has fueled much of the public blowback, the president was not expected to insist that it be part of any final plan. The White House has declined for weeks to be pinned down on the controversial government-run component embraced by the Democratic Party’s liberal base, saying only that Mr. Obama’s priority is a reform that increases competition in the health insurance industry and choice for consumers. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, Obama is for the single payer option, while simultaneously being against it. That’s what you get when you elect a politician instead of a leader. <\/p>\n

The Washington Post<\/a> calls it “fleshing out his vision”. You’d have thought he would have done that sometime before now, wouldn’t you? That’s what has Americans so upset – no one really knows what’s in that thousand-page document – not even the folks who are writing it. But this administration speaks in abstract concepts and doesn’t pin itself down to specifics. So, I’m pretty sure all we’ll see is the strutting rooster at the podium, chin high, staring down his nose at America – pretty phrases and no specifics.<\/p>\n

Oh, and TSO, look who is expected to flip on the GOP side to lock in the health care vote in the Senate according to the Wall Street Journal<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The White House is holding intensive talks with Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, a moderate Republican, about Ms. Snowe’s proposal to use the public plan as a fallback option, aides familiar with the conversations said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Surprised? Yeah, me neither.<\/p>\n

But that’s not all. After a big kerfuffle yesterday about Obama attempting to campaign to school children, going around their parents, he’s decided that he won’t require a term paper from children in which they pledge their souls to Obama (yet another Washington Times<\/a> link);<\/p>\n

President Obama’s plan to inspire the nation’s schoolchildren with a video address next week erupted into controversy Wednesday, forcing the White House to pull out its eraser and rewrite a government recommendation that teachers nationwide assign students a paper on how to “help the president.”<\/p>\n

Presidential aides acknowledged the White House helped the U.S. Education Department craft the proposal, which immediately was met by fierce criticism from Republicans and conservative organizations who accused Mr. Obama of trying to politicize the education system. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, our President who struggles every day to find a new way to get his face on television, is surprised that parents are starting to push back against the incessant blather that comes from the White House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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