Posted on 11/30/2013 2:06:15 PM PST by kristinn
As a small coterie of grim-faced advisers shuffled into the Oval Office on the evening of Oct. 15, President Obama’s chief domestic accomplishment was falling apart 24 miles away, at a bustling high-tech data center in suburban Virginia.
HealthCare.gov, the $630 million online insurance marketplace, was a disaster after it went live on Oct. 1, with a roster of engineering repairs that would eventually swell to more than 600 items. The private contractors who built it were pointing fingers at one another. And inside the White House, after initially saying too much traffic was to blame, Mr. Obama’s closest confidants had few good answers.
The political dangers were clear to everyone in the room: Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.; Kathleen Sebelius, the health secretary; Marilyn Tavenner, the Medicare chief; Denis McDonough, the chief of staff; Todd Park, the chief technology officer; and others. For 90 excruciating minutes, a furious and frustrated president peppered his team with questions, drilling into the arcane minutiae of web design as he struggled to understand the scope of a crisis that suddenly threatened his presidency.
“We created this problem we didn’t need to create,” Mr. Obama said, according to one adviser who, like several interviewed, insisted on anonymity to share details of the private session. “And it’s of our own doing, and it’s our most important initiative.”
Out of that tense Oval Office meeting grew a frantic effort aimed at rescuing not only the insurance portal and Mr. Obama’s credibility, but also the Democratic philosophy that an activist government can solve big, complex social problems. Today, that rescue effort is far from complete.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
The only promotional effort that will save the website?
Babba Wawa and NYT covering - LIVE - 0bama registering and paying for 0bamacare.
That will never happen. Reason-0bama would have to reveal his true identity, sealed since Day 0 of his first term.
If 0bama did not answer 0bamacare questions truthfully, 0bama is exposed to prosecution and imprisonment
Hey..My website just crashed...but the deal still stands!....Like me on Facebook and send me a hundred dollars and Ill send you a thousand dollars when I read the post!...Hurry..’cause I’ve extended the deadline a few days because of the website crash...
Just a bunch of disgusting liberal pukes and wonks scurrying about with their "connected" Govt contractor buddies. Blowing billions in taxpayer monies trying to fix the pos they created. If only this pos ObamaKare could be made to disappear everyone would be better off
Lies. He knew from Day One that those policies would be cancelled.
In fact, not only did he know...he engineered it that way to throw these people onto the exchanges.
They are inner city Socialists/Marxists. The public still doesn't get it, but it's the truth.
“We created this problem we didn’t need to create,” Mr. Obama said”
Oh...but you DID, Blanch, you DID plan it.
Quit talking to everyone like they’re your supporters—only YOUR base is stupid enough to believe this tripe.
Thanks for the post, kristinn. That’s the best write-up and analysis I’ve seen on the Obama failures. There’s a lot of unreported behind-the-scenes stuff in there.
Not so fast. I read about a guy who got a letter from the Obamacair officials saying that Barney, his dog, is successfully enrolled in Obamacare and is now insured. Barney was the name he gave to one of the security questions. The guy said, "Well, as long as Barney is insured, I'm happy."
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