Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Rahm Emanuel, and the rest of the Democratic leadership have done the thing they promised to do--pass a major health care reform bill. When the president signs it into law this measure will stand beside Social Security (1935) and Medicare (1965) as pillars in the more stable house the Democratic Party has long been building for the American people. They never lost focus; Ted Kennedy died in the middle of the fight, and, briefly, even Barack Obama's most dedicated supporters wondered if he could pull the the thing off.
March 21, 2010 is a new birth of power for the Obama presidency. He has traction now that will only become deeper and stronger in coming years; like JFK, he is a president who only needs to learn his lessons once.
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It has been a long, long 15 years. For a while there it looked like we might wait another 15. I agree that this is a very big event, politically. As a matter of policy, it is actually a very modest step, but that might be a good thing because when the average Joe-skeptical-six-pack realizes that the dire predictions of the Fox-tea-bagger-party were not even remotely credible, we might begin to see a foundation for good governance in the years to come.
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