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22. The Democrats made a fundamental mistake when they focused

their efforts on health insurance after the 2008 elections. Obama's slogan was "Change," which is exactly what the people wanted and why they voted for him. They wanted things changed right then, not several years later. They should have focused on changes that would show results right away, like a jobs bill. They also should have passed a much larger stimulus bill.

Immediate change would have built up support for other things that would have taken longer to take effect. The entire negotiating process of the ACA could have been much different if the Democrats had built up support from the public as a result of successful programs already seeing results.

The Democrats made a terrible error when they chose to go the route they did after the 2008 election, and it might be a long time before we have another chance like that to build grassroots support for the Democratic Party.