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It was Hillary dangling her feet in the water. This time we had massive majorities in both houses of congress. Obama's greatest weakness is his belief that America can be post partisan. He spent months, and much of his political capital, on passing healthcare, which should've been popular. He gave republicans too many concessions and too much time to pick at it. And they only did it not because they don't like the bill, I suspect they do, but because they didn't want him to get a win. Obama won, and he tried to make it as if it were graceful.
That's bullshit.
A Clinton White House would've passed the bill, told the GOP to fuck right the fuck off at the first sign of trouble, and it would've been a more liberal package. There was NOTHING the GOP could've done to prevent the bill's passage.
So, how can you even ASK that question? I am dumbfounded by it.
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