The right’s clueless gloating: Democratic civil war is only in their dreams
Sure, they can celebrate Obamacare's setbacks if they like. But conservatives' glee is unwarranted and premature VIDEO
The proximate political goal of President Obama’s “you can keep your plan fix” was to calm restive congressional Democrats before they did anything rash …
… and it appears to have served that purpose.
That’s not to say everything’s fine now. But they’re off the ledge. The clarion calls from politically vulnerable Dems to do something, and do it fast, have subsided for the moment. And the hope is that in this window of relative repose the administration can get the website working, increase enrollment, and calm the public outcry.
At the same time it exposed the unctuousness of the right’s concern for people whose plans have been canceled. Republicans, who have been demanding a comparable legislative fix, are suddenly skeptical that this plan will work, and conservatives are torn between hoping Obama’s plan fails — that everyone’s plans remain canceled and they continue to blame him for it — or that it works too well and damages the law in the longer run.
Brian Beutler is Salon's political writer. Email him at bbeutler@salon.com and follow him on Twitter at @brianbeutler. More Brian Beutler.
RT "@kycarmona: “@MikeLoBurgio: GOP ’s clueless gloating: #Democratic civil war? dream on. http://t.co/8E7SR1MLbd pic.twitter.com/pPcNdAX6kL”"
— Rodiogal (@rodiogal) November 16, 2013
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