Ed Morrissey
HotAir.com
11/8/2010
Maybe he’s just the Reuters of political prognosticators, or perhaps just a bit disingenuous. In an interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes, Barack Obama tells viewers that he found himself surprised by the political cost of passing ObamaCare, despite the months of angry town halls, massive political rallies, and polling that showed the bill to be deeply unpopular all during the debate. Even losing Ted Kennedy’s old seat in Massachusetts didn’t give him a clue?
President Barack Obama says the political cost of overhauling the health care system turned out to be higher than he had expected. And he admits that he gets discouraged at times when dealing with the economy. …
“I made the decision to go ahead and do it, and it proved as costly politically as we expected — probably actually a little more costly than we expected, politically,” he said.
Perhaps the losses of gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey could be rationalized by local politics instead of a backlash against Democratic overreach. But didn’t Scott Brown’s surprise victory in Massachusetts provide some sort of clue? Kennedy had spent years pushing a government takeover of the health-care system, but when it came down to it, Brown’s promise to be the 41st vote to stop it won the election.
But don’t worry, because Obama knows exactly who’s to blame for his poor political skills…
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Update: Jim Hoft has video at GatewayPundit.
