Krugman:
So far, at least, the Obama administration?s response to the outpouring of hate on the right has had a deer-in-the-headlights quality. It?s as if officials still can?t wrap their minds around the fact that things like this can happen to people who aren?t named Clinton, as if they keep expecting the nonsense to just go away.But I don't think Krugman quite gets the reason Obama and the Democrats aren't more able to get those "concise explanations" of the real plans out there--employer/individual insurance mandates and secret drug deals broadly will be disliked once understood. The lunacies for now are a distraction from the fact Obama is in the process of eviscerating his own campaign promises.
What, then, should Mr. Obama do? It would certainly help if he gave clearer and more concise explanations of his health care plan. To be fair, he?s gotten much better at that over the past couple of weeks.
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