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Stung by Polls, Obama Plans Health Care Offensive

Prez open to dropping public option

By Matt Cantor| Posted Sep 2, 09 11:57 AM CDT|

(Newser) – President Obama is heading into autumn with a new strategy in hand: He’s going to get specific on what he wants in health care legislation, reports Politico. He is expected to lay out details in a major address soon, and he will reiterate that he's willing to let the public option go. “We’re entering a new season,” said David Axelrod. “It’s time to synthesize and harmonize these strands and get this done."

Hurting in the polls, Obama also intends to champion tougher rules for Wall Street and highlight what's going right in Afghanistan. But health care will dominate in the fall. “I think it’s fairly obvious that we’re not in the second inning," said Axelrod. "We’re not in the fourth inning. We’re in the eighth or ninth inning here, and so there’s not a lot of time to waste.”

President Obama walks out of the Oval Office with, from left to right: health secretary Kathleen Sebelius; education secretary Arne Duncan; and Homeland Security adviser John Brennan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Obama makes statements about the economy and H1N1 swine flu virus in the Rose Garden Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Barack Obama stands with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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godawgs
Sep 2, 09 12:02 PM CDT

Oh joy another prime time news conference. What he needs to do is quit letting Congress screw up his bill. Make them put his plan in action and not their own. also i thought he said he wouldn't sign a bill without a public option, or was I mistaken? Reply

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DJM420
Sep 2, 09 12:06 PM CDT

i agree with much of your comment (so i didnt thumbs down you for once..lol)...and i know the primetime thing gets old....but at least this guy comes on tv once in a while to talk to/at us....and its usu coherent...we couldnt get any info out of the last dude, and when we did we had to decipher much of it...

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godawgs
Sep 2, 09 12:10 PM CDT

@djm agree that he is very well spoken (he can be a bit long winded, but he is a politician) I just want the President to stand by what he said he would do and deliver. If there isn't a public option in health care reform there is no point in doing it right now. That's the bottom line.

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Forderon
Sep 2, 09 12:17 PM CDT

Agreed godawgs. Just like with the stimulus bill, he screwed up from the very beginning by handing it over to Congress instead of dictating his own terms. He needs to get out there and kick some ass in his own party.

+13

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So_Cal_Larry
Sep 2, 09 12:24 PM CDT

The President did NOT have a bill of his own. He didn't even provide wide brush strokes to start the picture he wanted finished. He permitted each of the various Committees of both the House and Senate to craft their own bills. In other words, he wanted sausage made, but gave no recipe ingredients. And he got bad sausage thus far. And this bad sausage has hurt him very badly. And neither Chamber has yet passed any health care bill. I believe that it is worse than the tail wagging the dog. I believe the tail (Republicans) has this dog in a whip spin and has let the dog fly away.

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Mad
Sep 2, 09 12:36 PM CDT

I have no problem with a president who keeps the American people apprised as to WTF he is doing. Unlike Bush, who started a war, then disappeared from the nations airwaves for 13 months. That was mighty fucked up

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Snowleopard
Sep 2, 09 1:11 PM CDT

No, you're mistaken, he did not so that he wouldn't sign a bill without a public option.

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Reader64481089
Sep 2, 09 1:21 PM CDT

It is about damn time he showed who was Captain of the ship he spoke so much of after taking office....Put it all in place and do it right for the ones who elected him

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JonmarkP
Sep 2, 09 12:03 PM CDT

If this gutless Corporatist son-of-a-bitch caves in on a robust public option, he DESERVES to lose seats in 2010. Enough with the Clinton-era compromise, triangulate, and dance. Grow a set of balls, Mr. President, and sent that God-damned Rahm Emmanuel down the road-he's steering you wrong. Reply

+11

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DJM420
Sep 2, 09 12:06 PM CDT

yeah, this wishy washy bs is getting old fast

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odowd80
Sep 2, 09 12:07 PM CDT

Yeah, how is caving to Republicans a "new strategy?" The Dems have been giving Republicans concession after concession all year long.

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Jayster999
Sep 2, 09 12:10 PM CDT

Yeah, JuanMarx, he truly is a corporatist son-of-a-bitch--good call. He is also a socialist. Between the two and other defining traits that pretty much makes him a fascist. I personally dislike the socialism as much as the corporatism. Why not try to do away with both in the interest of free-market Americanism?

-12

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Forderon
Sep 2, 09 12:20 PM CDT

Jayster, at this point, I think you're just clinically insane. He's a corporatist AND a socialist? And thus he's a fascist? You are a fucking parody of yourself. Your comments are about as insightful as Terry Schiavo's Twitter.

+16

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godawgs
Sep 2, 09 12:22 PM CDT

@ford that was wrong, but funny...

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godawgs
Sep 2, 09 12:27 PM CDT

@ford i am stealing the twitter line...that made me laugh when i read it.

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Doctor_Zaius
Sep 2, 09 12:28 PM CDT

Forderon, you have brought Dawgs and me together on this issue, you are a true fence mender.

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Forderon
Sep 2, 09 12:29 PM CDT

Apologies to Terry Schiavo, but it had to be done. People like Jayster shake my belief in evolution.

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freethemall
Sep 2, 09 12:32 PM CDT

Define "Americanism", Jayster. Also, pinpoint in history just when we abandoned "Americanism".

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Jayster999
Sep 2, 09 12:34 PM CDT

Ford: National socialism, aka fascism is pro-corporate. The owners of factories under Nazis profited--but so did the socialist peasants. Ever hear of Volkswagen? Obummers policies favor both the corporatist (banksters/wall street) and the American left (idiots like yourself).

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Jayster999
Sep 2, 09 12:46 PM CDT

freemall: Americanism refers to the constitutional republic that our founding fathers gave us. It is unabashedly nationalistic--America first. Following these established principles, we would avoid the type of "entangling alliances" that Washington warned us of, and by doing so avoid foreign wars. Our people would be free from burdensome taxes because people would be self reliant--no grants, no welfare--which goes doubly for corporations. Farm subsidies, corporate tax breaks, public TV would all cease. Foreign aid would cease. What I'm suggesting is that we follow the letter of the law of the constitution and have a true free enterprise system that puts the interest of the American people first--not through socialism but through freedom and opportunity.

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Forderon
Sep 2, 09 1:11 PM CDT

Jayster, you seem to think that all these ideologies exist in a vacuum. People like you get caught up in "isms", brazenly throwing terms around as if they fit like a puzzle. Corporatism can be practiced by people from any political ideology in the spectrum. For example you threw out "national socialism", which is something that opposes liberalism, democratic socialism, and capitalism. This conflicts with your socialist label which obviously supports socialism. Then you call him a corporatist, something that favors capitalism, which National Socialism opposes. You see what I mean? Here's a clue, get those "isms" out of your head. They are ethereal IDEAS, not concrete laws.

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Reader64481089
Sep 2, 09 1:23 PM CDT

@ Fird, well said but a shame you have to compare Terry to him, she at least had class

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Jayster999
Sep 2, 09 1:48 PM CDT

Ford: Are you saying that ideologies don't exist? Or, that they simply don't mean anything? In either case, you are wrong. From the encyclopedia: "Fascism, pronounced /'fæ??z?m/, comprises a radical and authoritarian nationalist political ideology [and a corporatist economic ideology. While fascists support the unifying of proletariat workers to their cause along corporatistic, socialistic, or syndicalistic lines, fascists specify that they advocate a nationalized form of such economic systems such as corporatism, national socialism, or national syndicalism which promotes the creation of a strong proletarian nation, but not a proletarian class. Fascists also make clear that they have no hostility to the petite bourgeoisie (lower middle-class) or to small businesses and promise these groups protection alongside the proletariat from the upper-class bourgeoisie, big business, and Marxism."

-3

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my-name-here
Sep 2, 09 2:17 PM CDT

@Jay, Am I reading into what you're saying correctly? That we should un-entangle ourselves from the rest of the world economically? Because, in the end that is all foreign policy is about. Right? And what wars are about...economics. "Protecting American interests", ultimately, is about the money. Always follow the money if you want to understand the "why" of any policies, be they corporate, government, (organized)religious, etc. As my history AND my economics teachers used to say.

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Forderon
Sep 2, 09 2:36 PM CDT

ism ism ism ist ist ist ism ism ism ist ist ism ism ism

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Jayster999
Sep 2, 09 12:03 PM CDT

Yeah, well "getting specific" might be a good start. Obummer found that jamming poison down the neck of the public won't work, so now he's going to try to get us to drink the kool-aid. Reply

-7

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DJM420
Sep 2, 09 12:07 PM CDT

why not, you drank bushes without hesitating...talk about a long-lasting effect...

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Caps
Sep 2, 09 12:34 PM CDT

Maybe someone could put a little bit of something in your Kool aid Jayster. Now wouldn't that be nice.

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DontLikeYou
Sep 2, 09 3:34 PM CDT

I think Obama is truly stunned to find that the American people are not at all like the Newser crowd... adoring and blissfully ignorant.

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Doctor_Zaius
Sep 2, 09 12:26 PM CDT

Look, if the public option gets dropped it's becuase a lot of loud, ignorant, astro-turf, Stockholm syndrome people made their voices heard. There are still a lot of good things in this reform bill such as, getting rid of preexisting condition restrictions, tax breaks and subsidies to insure the poor and greater competition allowing every insurance company to compete everywhere. Granted I want a public option at the minimum. But Rome wasn't built in a day and you have to get what you can get when you can get it. Don't forget you have the health insurance industry going balls to the wall with loads of cash fighting this thing. Reply

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odowd80
Sep 2, 09 12:51 PM CDT

Good point. The pre-existing conditions issue alone would be huge.

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NewserScooter
Sep 3, 09 9:42 PM CDT

I think I can agree with your comment here. This is not as big a bite to the economy at this time.

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Timinator2K
Sep 2, 09 12:43 PM CDT

We already find his so-called health-care bill offensive to the max. Reply

-10

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Doctor_Zaius
Sep 2, 09 12:48 PM CDT

Who are you? Moon Unit Zappa?

+10

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jamerican
Sep 2, 09 12:53 PM CDT

I hope he is smart enough to take this opportunity to tell America that he understands that enough Americans do not want this plan in it's present form and do not want our incompetent government trying to run it. I hope he just doesn't try to lie to us and convince us because we know it really won't work and will only drive up our taxes. Reply

-5

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Doctor_Zaius
Sep 2, 09 1:32 PM CDT

I doubt you know a recipe for egg salad.

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Fondue
Sep 2, 09 1:06 PM CDT

I hope Obama comes out and says here's my plan, get 'r done. Reply

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Caps
Sep 2, 09 1:56 PM CDT

I agree, get r' done and to hell with the Republicans. Reply

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Jayster999
Sep 2, 09 2:05 PM CDT

I say to hell with you and someone should get you done.

-6

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odowd80
Sep 2, 09 2:52 PM CDT

haha Jayster, that's got to be the LAMEST comeback I've read on these forums. And given some of Citrixguy's posts, that's something to be proud of!

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Fondue
Sep 2, 09 3:13 PM CDT

Yeah, that one gets a wah wah waaaah.

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Caps
Sep 2, 09 3:35 PM CDT

Good Christian attitude Jayster. You are one sicko.

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BlahBlahBlah
Sep 2, 09 2:27 PM CDT

Loose the public option and it is just another toothless bill. It is nice to see that the dems can’t grow a pair and the repubs are exploiting that. Both parties make me sick. P.S. I thought we all told Jayster999 to go take a flying leap? Reply

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cornelison
Sep 2, 09 3:07 PM CDT

He has to support a public option. It's the only way to insure the 50,000,000 people who cannot afford health care. Perhaps he could step aside & let Hillary run for President in 2012. Reply

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Fondue
Sep 2, 09 3:16 PM CDT

It has to be said.....he'll lose votes in 2012 without the PO.

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DontLikeYou
Sep 2, 09 3:31 PM CDT

Great idea, Obama. The American people don't want socialized medicine. Your poll numbers have dropped because of this. So, your idea is to go on tv and tell the people that you're going to insist that they accept socialized medicine. Mr. Obama, you sir, are the weakest link. Smirking idiot. Reply

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DontLikeYou
Sep 2, 09 3:36 PM CDT

I personally am enjoying watching liberals become unhinged as they watch the American people turn against their ideas. They funny part is that these left wing loons actually believed, for a few short months, that the American people believed like they do. That is so damn'd funny to me. I am enjoying this thug's presidency more than I ever thought possible! LOL Reply

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Doctor_Zaius
Sep 2, 09 10:00 PM CDT

You should change your name to "notlikedbyanyone"

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Adapt-Overcome
Sep 2, 09 3:36 PM CDT

..."A high quality care plan should deliver the best care in the most cost-effective manner. The model would emphasize coverage of primary care, prevention, catastrophic care and the management of chronic conditions like asthma and diabetes....if we can prevent diseases from occurring or mange their effects through simple interventions like making sure patients control their diets and take their medicines regulary, we can dramatically improve patient outcomes and save the system a great deal of money." ...Given the Amount of money we spend on health care (more per capita than any other nation) we should be able to provide basic coverage to every single American. But we can't sustain current rates of health-care inflation every year; we have to contain costs for the entire system, including Medicare and Medicaid. ..."Whatever reforms we implement should provide strong incentives for improved quality, preventions and efficient delivery of care." JUST BECAUSE THE NEWS MEDIA DIDN'T ANNOUNCE IT...DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T EXIST. Barrack Obama has a clear plan for what he wants for Health Care Reform. The above was taken from 2006: The Audacity of Hope. Thoughts on reclaiming the American Dream. Those same thoughts he talked about when he ran for the Presidency and the same ideas that a large majority of Americans "VOTED" for. Now, they are believing the lies they've been told by the party that has done nothing to help American's will health care reform and have actually gloated at the fact that Clinton couldn't pass it and that if they get Obama to not be able to pass Reform,,then Obama FAILS and they (GOP) wins. How sad...a party that cares nothing for the American people and the American people are turning their backs on the one person who is fighting for them. You deserve whatever you get or in this case don't. Reply

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Toon
Sep 2, 09 3:38 PM CDT

Note the headline 'Stung by Polls' yet there is no poll numbers in this summation, nor in the linked article though it links to yet another article . . . .and again a mention of poor polls with no numbers but a link to a another and bingo the current number is 54% approval not as high as 70% but up from a low of 50% and higher than the percentage he won the election by. Reply

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Doctor_Zaius
Sep 2, 09 9:59 PM CDT

One would almost suspect a corporate media smear campaign....

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yoeydude
Sep 2, 09 11:31 PM CDT

the greatest resource of any state or country are its citizens , they are the brain trust and the labour pool for the future , they will solve tomorrows problems , therefore it is in the states interest to keep them healthy and educated duh Reply

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