
He’s repeating a lot of what he said earlier in the year, but I still think selling idea of passing health care reform as essential to our long term economic strength is a tough pill to swallow for Independents.
What’s more, if this editorial would have dropped a few weeks ago it would have held a lot more weight because it wouldn’t be seen as a response to criticism.
But now it feels defensive, and that’s not where Obama wants to be in this fight.