Train Wreck: Yesterday was a tough day for 2014 Democrats

Good morning folks,

Imagine walking into a restaurant. After perusing the menu, you settle on a nice pasta dish, but the owner comes over and explains that the fish is to die for.  Not being a fish fan, you intend to stick with the pasta, but the owner comes over again… and again… and again.  He makes promises about how delicious and healthy the fish is, guarantees about its affordable price. The servers nearby all rave about it.  You really are left with no choice; they’ve all but forced you to try the fish.

So despite some hesitation, you go with the fish and start getting excited about it -  you’re really hungry after all.  Now imagine, moments before the meal is to be served, the chef comes out of the kitchen looking panicked. “Have some bad news for you. The fish didn’t turn out as we hoped. It’s not fresh, it’s rather fatty, the sauce is way too complicated, the portion is really small, and oh, by the way, it’s going to cost you more than the owner promised. It’s a trainwreck, actually!” Would you be upset? Would you complain? Would you refuse to pay the costly price tag after the owner’s misleading claims?

This is essentially what the architect (or chef) of ObamaCare,  Montana Senator Max Baucus did yesterday.  As the Associated Press reports, “The senior Democratic senator who helped write President Barack Obama’s health care law stunned administration officials Wednesday, saying openly he thinks it’s headed for a train wreck. “I just see a huge train wreck coming down,” Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., told Obama’s health care chief during a routine budget hearing that suddenly turned tense.  ”"The administration’s public information campaign on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act deserves a failing grade,” he told Sebelius. “You need to fix this.”  YOU NEED TO FIX THIS – from the architect of ObamaCare.  Baucus’ ‘British are Coming’ moment shows just how panicked 2014 Democrats are becoming over the ObamaCare trainwreck.  Might be time to put this owner, his chef, and all the servers who forced customers to order something they didn’t want - and still don’t - out of business. 

In other news, yesterday a temperamental President Obama took to the podium andbasically accused elected Senators (not to mention members of his own party) of not wanting to save lives. David Axelrod took to Twitter to announce that any Senator who voted against the Toomey/Manchin bill is no longer permitted to be mournful or sad about gun violence.  As Reason points out, “According to the president, no one honestly questioned the merits of his proposals; the opposition all “came down to politics,” meaning a desperate desire to retain power. His opponents not only failed to make a convincing case, he says; they offered “no coherent arguments” at all.”    

Good people can disagree about the causes of problems, issues, crimes and on the solutions to them, something that President Obama, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi don’t seem to accept. Cutting through the partisan back and forth, what will matter politically are theSenators who voted against the views of the people in their home state or those who’ve flipped so many times on the issue that they are no longer credible or trusted. 

Seize the day,

Brad Dayspring
@BDayspring

Brook Hougesen
@Brook_H

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