The first political ad warmly embracing ObamaCare, by a candidate not named Obama, hit state airwaves last week. It likely will be the last pro-ObamaCare ad ever made.
Allyson Schwartz boldly went where no Democrat has gone before, trying to gain ground in a primary race that is slipping swiftly from her hands.
The suburban Philadelphia congresswoman, seeking the Democrat nomination for governor, not only extolled ObamaCare's virtues in her ad; she called out her rivals on social media, in press releases and on MSNBC for not being equally pro-ObamaCare. “I'm proud of it. And I believe the other Democrats in this race should also speak up and talk about their pride in this law,” she said.
If this is how she genuinely feels, then at least give her credit for standing up for her principles. But if she is using the issue as a wedge to escape her poor polling, then it only strengthens the notion that ObamaCare is poison for Democrats.
Interesting approach. It should appeal to die hard Obama fans. Maybe she did the math and thinks she could win the primary that way. How she could win the gubernatorial election though with that approach stymies me.
