Bill Clinton: Damage to Democrats over Obamacare rollout failure will be ‘minimal’

The Washington Times ^ | December 3, 2013 | Dave Boyer

[2ndDivisionVet]

Former President Bill Clinton, who prodded President Obama last month to keep his promises on Obamacare, said Tuesday that the political damage for Democrats from the flawed law will be “minimal.”

“I believe that if the computer problems are all fixed, and it’s up and running by — and healthy in the next several weeks, I think that the damage will be minimal,” Mr. Clinton told interviewer Jorge Ramos of Fusion. “It’s getting better. I think it’ll be fixed by — in the next few weeks. If it’s worked through, I think within four or five months people will be talking about something entirely differently.”(continued)

[hinckley buzzard]

I think he is right about the botched rollout. If they get the website even halfway operational by year's end then the damage will be small, and the impact will fade. The sticker shock, however, which is hurting and traumatizing enrollees, will not fade, but will bore in like the screw worm on the back of a cow.

The worst is yet to come.

[crusher]

Yup. there may or may not be some short term electoral consequences (to be fully muted and in fact inverted if the GOP goes along with amnesty, which could lead to a Dem rout in 2014) but the long term prospectus on unending gubmint growth appears unchallenged. I cannot recall one mass gubmint gimmedat policy that has been repealed. Ever.

And this malignancy will not be the first. It is with us until the collapse.

[MV=PY]

"He has to say this. If the damage is worse than “minimal” Hill doesn’t get elected and Daddy doesn’t get to go back home."

Why in the world would he want to go home?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet and Tailgunner Joe.

Clinton defends calling on Obama to keep his word
cnn.com | December 03, 2013 | Ashley Killough
Posted on 12/3/2013 5:08:52 PM by Tailgunner Joe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3097856/posts

[kabar]

Obama can’t hide reality when the low information voter is personally affected by Obamacare.

[kabar]

Agree, She will say that some fixes need to be made, but Obamacare is the law of the land.

[ballplayer]

Depends on the meaning of minimal

[colorado tanker]

[MV=PY]

LOL!