tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post660560749527231751..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: OFA, healthcare, and playing defensejaninsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-40314271459887897102009-08-11T20:51:56.400-07:002009-08-11T20:51:56.400-07:00Well put Jan. I can't muster enthusiasm, even ...Well put Jan. I can't muster enthusiasm, even though I agree that losing the battle would be a big setback. You enumerate the specific political problems of this policy battle very clearly, and it makes me fear that Kevin Baker's article <a href="http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/07/0082562" rel="nofollow">"Barack Hoover Obama: The best and the brightest blow it again"</a> (Harper's) may be on target.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-3960562174594726102009-08-07T14:25:38.613-07:002009-08-07T14:25:38.613-07:00Sigh! All too true. I am trying hard to be optim...Sigh! All too true. I am trying hard to be optimistic, but it gets harder each day.<br /><br />If we don't get the minimum of a Public Option this time around real reform is doomed in this country for decades. <br /><br />Shattered dreams are hard to swallow.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.com