Saturday, June 12, 2010

Democrats set out to sell their health care bill, but it could backfire on them

The President and his political allies have embarked on a campaign to once again try to sell their unpopular health care bill to the public. Convinced that they just didn't do a good enough job selling it the first time around, they seem quite sure (again) that an unpopular bill will become popular if only sold properly. What they don't seem to understand is that the more a majority of the American people learned about the bill, the less they liked it.

So a politically tone-deaf Democratic Party will now go out and spend a lot of money trying to convince the people to like something they don't like. The 2010 midterm elections are already shaping up as a disaster for Democrats, but it could get even worse according to the Oklahoman:

The campaign could remind Americans why they were so upset with Washington earlier this year — with the spending and the arrogance that pushed Obama and his allies to forge ahead despite consistent public opposition to their plan. It could make every election in November turn on health care, realizing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's prediction back when Obamacare became law.