AYUP - I'm not going to let that one go! Gonna be like a bulldog with a chew toy!

SO HOW BOUT IT LAMAR?! You footing the bill for the Tea Party?

They are incompetent, whiney, sore losers and they don't know the first thing about running a government.

Software people can tell you that this is a typical example of a project that never had a chance to succeed on time. It is a huge project, and the requirements kept changing. There are lots of books on how huge software projects can run late.

is throttling people's ability to sign up for the horrors of bob dole's version of socialized medicine.

this guy is calling for racists to become unhinged. As such, this senator should be visited by the secret service and reminded he has a responsibility as a leader to tone down this kind of bullshit rhetoric.

Appease their angry right-wing gods! Heads must roll. Blood! Blood!

Umm. To give them a sacrifice would be to grant them power they shouldn't have, and legitimize their narrative that the ACA is a disaster. I hope we isolate causes of any real problems and work on explaining and solving them, rather than naming some scapegoat to appease the crazies. Making this about blame plays into their worldview of punishment, rather than our own view favoring hope and improvement.

Of course, there could be situation where blame and punishment could be valid. If one or more parties has deliberately sabotaged the process, for instance. Still, I think we need to be more careful on the level of framing, in cases like this. Much of what's happening in our era is a massive struggle between views of man and society and our possible futures.

We can start by firing Boner, Cantor, Ryan... pink-slip a few of those guys and I suspect the problems would just clear right up.

challenge from a tea party backed candidate. (seriously, apparently he hasn't been conservative enough).

it's his turn to lead the dog and pony show that is saying insane things to attract tea party support.

"It's your turn to be the 'sane' one this week!"
"No, I was the 'sane' one last week! Why don't YOU be the 'sane' one this week?!"
"I can't! The people in my district would never allow it!"

they would get fired. Somebody fucked up something BIG somewhere. Acknowledging that the ACA rollout has been less than stellar does not mean that you don't support the ACA. People can say this has been awful without being traitors to Obama.

wouldn't it be more prudent to get to the bottom of the problem before picking out someone to fire?

I also have my doubts when people assert that someone would be fired in the private sector. I see plenty of unpunished incompetence there as well. Besides, the work done by contractors from the private sector.