Commentary By Ron Beasley
There is one lesson Obama should have learned from the Bush Administration and the Rebublicans - don't piss off the base! Well if Politico piece is accurate that's what Obama is about to do.
Under fire, President Obama shifts strategy
Aides to President Barack Obama are putting the final touches on a new strategy to help Democrats recover from a brutal August recess by specifying what Obama wants to see in a compromise health care deal and directly confronting other trouble spots, West Wing officials tell POLITICO.
Obama is considering detailing his health-care demands in a major speech as soon as next week, when Congress returns from the August recess. And although House leaders have said their members will demand the inclusion of a public insurance option, Obama has no plans to insist on it himself, the officials said.
�We�re entering a new season,� senior adviser David Axelrod said in a telephone interview. �It�s time to synthesize and harmonize these strands and get this done. We�re confident that we can do that. But obviously it is a different phase. We�re going to approach it in a different way. The president is going to be very active.�
I personally will not vote for any Democrat who votes for a health care reform bill that does not include at a minimum a strong public option. If they are going to govern like Republicans why bother. I still think we would be better off with no plan than a bad plan. The current health care system is only going to get worse.
Now it remains to be seen if Obama is playing chess or checkers. This may all be a feint on Obama's part, I guess we will see in the weeks ahead.
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