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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 11:16 AM Jun 2014

Hillary Tells Dems That They Can Win On Obamacare In 2014

Source: TPM

DYLAN SCOTT – JUNE 26, 2014, 9:59 AM EDT

Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that congressional Democrats running for re-election in 2014 can present a "very stark choice" between themselves and the GOP on Obamacare, urging them to talk up the benefits of the law.

"If I were a Democrat running for reelection in 2014, I would be posing a very stark choice to the voters of my district, or my state: If you want us to go back to the time when your sister with diabetes, or your husband with his heart condition, couldn’t get insurance at an affordable rate, then don’t vote for me, because I think it’s great that your sister and your husband now have insurance," she said on PBS NewsHour.

Clinton pointed to the growing evidence that the law is reducing the number of uninsured as "good news" that Democrats can use. Obamacare surpassed expectations when it hit 8 million sign-ups this spring, and pubic polling continues to find a notable drop in the uninsured ranks since it took full effect.

"There’s a lot of good news in what’s been done," she said. "There are so many examples that people can point to."

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hillary-obamacare-dems-2014

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Robbins

(5,066 posts)
9. Yep
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 12:45 PM
Jun 2014

Remembering welfare reform that Bill Clinton signed that screwed over single mothers there was always chance she would come out against It to distance herself from Obama.

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
13. Oh please, Hillary was talking about healthcare before Obama was even out of college.
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 02:20 PM
Jun 2014

Gee.........

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
15. And was said to want Death Panels to kill the elderly and disabled. I remember that. She didn't say
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 02:02 AM
Jun 2014
'vast right wing conspiracy' for nothing, either. I saw her as FLOTUS making an excellent case in a hearing. Then Rush and the rest spooked the public into voting in the Gingrich majority. I'll bet she hasn't forgotten any of that grief, either.

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
16. There was so much opposition to the healthcare plan in some quarters
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:27 AM
Jun 2014

that the SS asked her to wear a bullet proof vest under her clothes at certain events when she went around the country advocating for the plan.

lostincalifornia

(3,639 posts)
5. It is obvious, which is why some Democrats still "running away from it", is puzzling. There are so
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 11:53 AM
Jun 2014

many issues that Democrats can and should distinguish themselves from the GOP, but they don't.

nyabingi

(1,145 posts)
11. The Democrats need to stop being such
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 01:13 PM
Jun 2014

weasels when it comes to supporting initiatives their own party is undertaking.

Republicans will go down with the proverbial ship to stand behind all their bad ideas (which is all of them), but Democrats get too apologetic and allow themselves to be bullied into speaking against their own ideas.

Obamacare is a bad law, but Democrats should at least be proud of what they accomplished even if it's not too great.

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