Posted on 10/27/2010 10:48:30 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama: Negative ads have made it 'very difficult' for Dems to run on health reform By Michael O'Brien - 10/27/10 12:03 PM ET
President Obama said Democrats are running away from his healthcare bill because of the millions spent by outside groups to negatively frame his signature legislative accomplishment.
Obama said advertisements and campaigns against his health reform law have made it "very difficult" for Democrats who had supported the legislation in Congress to campaign in support of it this fall.
"I think that you've seen a couple hundred million dollars of negative TV ads that make it very difficult to do so," Obama told radio host Michael Smerconish when asked about many congressional Democrats' efforts to distance themselves from the legislation.
The new health reform law has been a political albatross for many Democrats facing tough reelection challenges. Polls show that a not-insignificant number of voters would like to repeal the law in part or in whole.
Reps. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) and Bobby Bright (D-Ala.) have joined with Republicans in demanding the law's repeal, and West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D), who's campaigning for Senate, has said the law should be repealed if it can't be fixed.
The president blamed "misinformation" during the congressional debate over healthcare for having negatively cast the reforms, misinformation that Obama said had carried over through present day.
But Obama expressed confidence that, as the reforms in the bill gradually go into effect, the public's negative opinion of the legislation would fade.
"I think it's going to be very important, as these things get online," he said, "a lot of this is going to go away."
The healthcare bill has contributed to some of Democrats' difficulties on the campaign trail, and polls show the president's party at risk of losing control of the House on Nov. 2.
Obama said, though, he still thought it was "very close" in the lower chamber, suggesting Democrats might stave off the kinds of losses that would allow Republicans to control the House.
Smerconish must have been thrilled to once again have a chance to plant his lips on Obama's behind.
You Obama voters out there still orgasming over what you stuck us all with?
Vote for it so you can find out what’s in it, and when you DO find out what’s in it, it’s negative campaigning to tell anyone...
Here’s a reason : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoE1R-xH5To
Who hired Andy Griffith to shill for that piece of legislative excrement?
What a doofus.
He cannot handle the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
And his supporters believe he can manage the executive branch and control our enemies, foreign and domestic?
For Obonghit, the public is “an outside group “.
The only ads I see on Obamacare are the propaganda types (Andy Griffith) coming from Obama.
There, fixed the title.
They are too dumb to get their information anywhere else.
It's about time we stopped with this silly voting stuff and started running this country the right way.
For Obonghit, the public is “an outside group “.
does this dink weed ever shut up ?
Obamacare has made it difficult for Dems to campaign on healthcare reform...
The president blamed “misinformation” during the congressional debate over healthcare..
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What debate?
So, what’s stopping Dem candidates from running positive ads about Obamacare?
http://www.wcbm.com/includes/news_items/6/news_items_more.php?id=1883§ion_id=6
This doctor talks about medical rationing established by the so-called stimulus bill.
They are such a bunch of liars. I don't have the words ...
Oh, from the title, I thought he was talking about the negative adds coming from the Democrats.
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