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Robert Reich Does Not Know the President Is Impotent

By Big Tent Democrat

Apparently, Robert Reich is not a part of Ezra Klein's JournOList:

What Obama Must Demand from Congress on Health Care

. . . In order to get anything meaningful through this session of Congress, then, the President will have to give congressional Democrats far more leadership and more cover. . . . [H]e'll need to be specific about what he wants -- especially about three things. I hope says the following next Wednesday, and makes clear to individual members that he means business.

1. I will not stand for a bill that leaves millions of Americans without health care. . . .

2. The only way to cover all Americans without causing deficits to rise is to require that the wealthiest Americans pay a bit extra. . . .

3. Finally, I want a true public insurance option -- not a "cooperative," and not something that's triggered if certain goals aren't met. . . .

Obviously, Robert Reich is delusional.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 04, 2009 (boomark / email).