Obamacare to the Rescue?

Barack Obama really deserves credit. His gift for oration could even make a Mafioso swoon.

But even that didn't make a dent on the general public after this week's speech. I rounded up the usual quorum of ten and interviewed them the next day. One understood the plan, though mainly after taking a public healthcare course. Another was watching the World Cup. A third was going to wait and see what happens, and a fourth understood it about as well as the behavior at a political convention, meaning it was all so unclear. And the fact that even some Democrats have jumped ship must mean that something has gone wrong somewhere.

Either way, even if it were the ideal and most fiscally sound plan, someone would still be there to shoot it down, especially the senators who accepted large campaign donations from special interest groups. To remedy this, there should be a law limiting campaign contributions to around a dollar per person.

The other questionable part of all this is the rush to pass changes that won't take hold until 2013, unless a certain Hawaiian-Kenyan is planning on running for president again meaning that a healthcare win could turn him into the Golden Boy of reform, at least until things start falling apart.

Because of all the tumult and Town Hall meetings, the most reasonable thing to do would be to roll out one provision at a time instead of trying to make too many changes at once.