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Obamacare May Be The Most Important Issue In The Next Election
Obama is losing members of his own party on multiple fronts including draconian EPA rules: Leon Panetta, CIA director and defense secretary, has been blunt about the president’s mismanagement of the Middle East . . . after drawing a “red line” that would require the use of force against Bashar Assad if he used chemical weapons: “When the president of the United States draws a red line, the credibility of this country is dependent on him backing up his word.” [He didn’t] Rob Ford, former ambassador to Syria, resigned in March and told CNN: “I was no longer in a position where I felt I could defend the American Policy.” Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair, once a staunch Obama supporter has become increasingly unhappy over the administration’s lack of communication with Congress about the National Security Agency’s surveillance practices; disturbed that Congress was out of the loop regarding the exchange of five Taliban commanders to win the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Senator Mary Landrieu, Louisiana, has spoken out against the EPA rules that will severely punish coal-fired plants and endanger jobs. Alison Lundergan Grimes, Democratic Senate candidate for Kentucky, has pledged to fight what she calls Mr. Obama’s “attack on Kentucky’s coal industry.” Nick Rahall, West Virginia Rep, says that the EPA rule shows “disregard for the livelihoods of our coal miners and thousands of families throughout West Virginia.” Max Baucus, former Senator, call the law a “train wreck.” Sen Jay Rockefeller says the law is “beyond comprehension.” Joe Garcia, Florida Democratic Congressman, is running for re-election by openly bashing ObamaCare. Democrats have increasingly resisted the president’s judicial Picks including Michael Boggs and Mark Cohen, who blocked Vivek Murthy, Obama’s surgeon general appointee; and killed the nomination of Debo Adegbile, his appointee to head the Justice Department’s civil-rights division. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, promised that Democrats would run on ObamaCare in November. Many are not listening Americans may still reject ObamaCare and save American Medicine, the world’s most advance Medical Care. Read more of Douglas Schoen (political adviser for Pres Bill Clinton) in the WSJ . . . To read more HHK . . . Feedback . . . Hippocrates and His Kin / Hippocrates Modern Colleagues |
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