The Affordable Care act. The chances of a peaceful outcome on all these fronts appears weak or remotely foreseeable. But to the election of their own districts. A Strong Majority of those districts voted against barack obama in november. Even as the overall population voted for him. And this, i believe, is the cruel arithmetic that drives the divide in todays american politics. While the big city has given the president the majority and mandate, the district by district vote in rural areas has given the republicans their mandate. The vote against obama and the Health Care Act that will join him in the history books. I make one prediction tonight. And even this is based on a hypothetical. If obama agrees to any bit, he will be rebuked as no president has before. And not just by the right. The irony is those on the political right are asking him, barack obama, to end his political life by his own hand. It is for this reason they havent figured out the end game. If obama will not do what
0 and senator cruz talks about rallying the american people who are so engaged in this. are there a lot of protests around the country, people who want to unwind obama care at this point? surely it is unpopular, there s no question about that. there s certainly a lot of people who would not like to see it become law. but it is law. it s law. and now it s about to go live in and the exchanges are up. people are going to begin signing up. i m with you. i don t see the end game for all of this drama. it s not clear what they ve accomplished particularly since there s nothing to unwind at this point. the president would have to as you say, all of a sudden volunteer to dismantle everything that has been held up. so republicans who have been calling me today say this is fantasy on the part of those like ted cruz who are making this push. peter, i think david s word fantasy is great. sometimes to figure what s going to give in on this is to not only give up the one thing he has left in term