progressives inside the democratic party is very familiar to my next guest. in 2010, congressman dennis kucinich became the last progressive holdout against voting for obamacare because he wanted the single payer public option. then after being wooed by president obama, here the two of them are walking off air force one, dennis kucinich changed his stance and announced his support for the affordable care act on larry king live. this was a detour. if you hit a roadblock, you can go straight and over a cliff or take a detour, and eventually get to the destination you hope to get to. it wasn t my way but i m not a my way or the highway kind of guy. when all was said and done, i made my point, i couldn t get my way. it was more important to see people get a chance to have some coverage, even if it s from private insurance companies than kill the bill.
it, i was disgusted. once the public option was dismissed i ex-communicated myself as a democrat. i m a liberal but not a democrat. rebecca writes, because women are the core of their households. they figure out budget, nutrition, health. i know what i can t spend because we don t have it. the way they have been spending in washington has broken our backs. the economy has to be one of the main and most important reasons for deserting the democrats. brian in louisiana, for the same reason everyone is leaving the democratic party, people are disappointed mr. change has pandered to the republicans who won t even meet him part way and ignored his democratic base. even though he talks a good became for the most part, his policies are a continuation of bush s. rene in illinois writes, i m a white woman who voted for obama. my biggest beef with the president is he didn t fight hard enough for a better health care bill. i.e. single payer public option. i know we won t get it from the republica