By Charles C. W. Cooke
December 6, 2013 9:52 AM
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If those in charge of its implementation are not careful, the principal achievement of our long Obamacare saga will be to have reinforced conservative claims about government. As the law has gone from one disaster to another, Obama has flailed a little. He’s said “sorry” — sort of — and he’s allowed that things aren’t optimal, but he hasn’t been prepared to concede that there might be anything wrong with his management style or that this mess is ultimately owned by him. It seems that our progressive president is prepared to defend the many virtues of government right up to the point at which doing so requires admitting that he’s not very good at running things.
In his Chris Matthew interview yesterday, Obama pushed back against the idea that this was his fault. Per Politico:
“The challenge, I think, that we have going forward is not so much my personal management style or particular issues around White House organization,” Obama said. “It actually has to do with what I referred to earlier, which is we have these big agencies, some of which are outdated, some of which are not designed properly.”
So, it’s the government’s fault, not Obama’s. It’s the design of the agencies, not Obama. Okay, fair enough. But then why isn’t he moving to reform those agencies? "...
FredHayek wrote: And why did he only meet with Karen Sebilius once on ACA? He is still trying to pretend he is a newbie when he has been in office five years.
People get tired of excuses and want results.
I think you are missing the meme. When a r is in charge things do not work because the r is stupid, corrupt or evil.
When a d is in charge things do not work because the task is beyond the capability of any and every human on the face of the planet.
I liked the part of the "hardball" interview where Obama said that the media is responsible for the political divisiveness we've been experiencing. He obviously is either very forgetful of his own words or he has no idea what comes out of his mouth.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
