ObamaCare debacle update...

ObamaCare debacle update...  Because Sunday morning just wouldn't be the same without it...

“Modified rapture” is how Neo-Neocon describes her reaction to recent events in ObamaCare-land.  She makes some interesting, and sobering, points...

Will Liberalism implode?  I don't know, but the simple fact that someone is asking that question out loud puts a big grin on my face!

Game over?  So asks Dana Milbank, ordinarily a reliable lefty writer.  It's clear from the piece that he believes the answer is “yes, game over”.  If this is actually all a dream I'm having, then please let me sleep some more...

Stop digging.  Start over.  That's the headline on an unsigned editorial by The Chicago Tribune.  Yes, that newspaper – the Obama hometown that has previously worshiped every single move of The One, and defended him from all comers.  That newspaper.  Here's there conclusion:

But in this country we don't change bad laws by presidential fiat. We change them by having Congress rewrite them or by starting from scratch. Obama doesn't want to reopen this law for fear that Republicans and some Democrats will substantially rewrite it. But that's what has to happen.

We understand why the president and leaders of his party want to rescue whatever they can of Obamacare. On their watch, official Washington has blown the launch of a new entitlement program ... under the schedule they alone set in early 2010.

What we don't understand is their reluctance to give that failure more than lip service. Many of the Americans who heard their president say Thursday that "we fumbled the rollout of this health care law" would have been pleased to hear him add: So we're admitting it. This law is a bust. We're starting over.

Wow.  Just wow!

Hold them accountable.  That's the theme of yesterday's weekly Republican radio address (video at right).  Obviously the Republicans see political advantage for themselves in this mess, and of course they're going to exploit it.  My problem with the Republicans is that I've only heard a few of them propose healthcare reform that I could support, so I'm not sure that what they come up with would be substantially better than ObamaCare.  But if repealing ObamaCare is the first step, then I'm all for it!  The conclusion of their address:

Throughout the health care debate, Republicans have proposed dozens of solutions designed to help control costs and improve quality – without surrendering control of your personal health care decisions to nameless bureaucrats in Washington. Now is the time to enact those common sense ideas.

But none of this will occur unless the American people hold those who supported ObamaCare accountable – and do so with a very loud voice. Democrat Senators must help Republicans pass legislation to limit the damage of ObamaCare. If not, those who choose to ignore the plight of millions of Americans should be replaced next November by those who will act.