Charen: Dems Won't Talk About This Provision

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March 12, 2010

Charen: Dems Won't Talk About This Provision
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On March 9, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said:

"You've heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other. But I don't know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future....We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of controversy."

Pity the Democrats. They just can't get their message out. Not with a charismatic president (who has delivered 52 speeches on the subject), control of both houses of Congress, the gooey enthusiasm of 90 percent of the press, and more than a year of ceaseless agitation. Their efforts have been thwarted, as they imagine it, by "misinformation," "distortion," and the "special interests." So influential are these dark forces that the leadership cannot shout over them. Speaker Pelosi must pass the grossly unpopular bill in order to get the peace and quiet she needs to explain its virtues.

In fact, on this legislation's most important variable - cost - Americans see through the optimistic projections...

03/12/10 12:57 PM

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