Much has been written comparing the present health care reform effort to prior struggles for the same thing. But this week’s passage of the Senate’s version of Obamacare brought to mind another recent political circumstance that, for me, says more about the political risks in play than does the failure of Hillarycare in 1993. I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Clinton’
An Alternate Analogy for Health Care Reform
Posted in economy, health care, Obama, politics, religion, tagged Clinton, economy, health care, impeachment, Obama, politics on December 24, 2009 | 7 Comments »
McCain Heeds the Lessons of the Clinton Campaign?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Clinton, election 2008, McCain, Obama, Palin on September 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the leading lessons political observers drew from Hillary Clinton’s loss to Barack Obama was her slow reaction to Obama’s emergence following Iowa. Rather than dynamically refocusing on caucuses rather than big-state primaries or attacking Obama’s credentials, Hillary’s team said “steady as she goes.” The result was a string of 11 straight primary and [...]


