Remember, Repubs denied a hearing for Obama's SC nominee

[davekriss]

13. The reason we got dubbed in 2010

In my opinion it was due to the very poor and closely watched optics leading up to passage of the ACA. What was his name, Senator Max Bachman, lording over negotiations, holding the line for insurance companies - very visible. I said after that one that 2010 was going to be a bloodbath. It was.

Remember, almost every major media organization is owned by 1 of 5 mega-corporations. The owners of said corporations would hardly let stand any populist-supportive messaging. The negotiations and passage of the ACA were portrayed as a betrayal of American citizens. It was not, of course, but you and I don’t own any media empires that can reach 70% of the citizenry in any major market.