For nearly three years, the Democratic approach to the political unpopularity of President Obama's health care law was denial. Deny it played a significant role
in the party's historic midterm losses in 2010. Insist, in the face of
contradictory evidence, that as more voters experienced the benefits of
the law, the more popular it would become. Deny it would be a major issue at all in the 2014 midterms.
The
latest version of the argument points to polling showing that voters
don't want to repeal the law but prefer to see it fixed—perfectly in
line with the newly adopted positions of vulnerable Democratic
officeholders. In a memo leaked to the press,
Democrats argue they can neutralize their health care vulnerabilities
by promoting their desire to fix the law and blaming Republicans for
intransigence in seeking a full repeal. But dig a bit deeper past the
talking points, and it's unclear what they want to fix—beyond their
broken poll numbers.
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