not the only add skransed country on earth that doesn t make sure everybody has basic health care. and that s thanks in part to leaders like nancy pelosi and dick durbin and all the members of congress who are here today. we could not have done it without them. and they should be proud of what they ve done. they should be proud of what they ve done. [ applause ] president obama and vice president biden today celebrating the success of the most hard-fought policy victory for democrats in decades. telling congressional democrats they ought to be proud of what they have done to get this done. the white house saying congressional democrats did the very hard work of passing health reform in the president s first term. and the political capital that that achievement cost them cost them at the ballot box in the first midterm election in 2010. the democrats took a big political risk to get this policy done, and they did pay a political price for it. well, now it is the next midterm election
of congress who are here today. we could not have done it without them. and they should be proud of what they ve done. they should be proud of what they ve done. [ applause ] president obama and vice president biden today celebrating the success of the most hard-fought policy victory for democrats in decades. telling congressional democrats they ought to be proud of what they have done to get this done. the white house saying congressional democrats did the very hard work of passing health reform in the president s first term. and the political capital that that achievement cost them cost them at the ballot box in the first midterm election in 2010. the democrats took a big political risk to get this policy done, and they did pay a political price for it. well, now it is the next midterm election of the obama era. and the gerrymandered map that determines control of the house and pattern of terms and retirements in the senate means this election is likely to be another steep climb fo
dick durbin and all the members of congress who are here today. we could not have done it without them. and they should be proud of what they ve done. they should be proud of what they ve done. [ applause ] president obama and vice president biden today celebrating the success of the most hard-fought policy victory for democrats in decades. telling congressional democrats they ought to be proud of what they have done to get this done. the white house saying congressional democrats did the very hard work of passing health reform in the president s first term. and the political capital that that achievement cost them cost them at the ballot box in the first midterm election in 2010. the democrats took a big political risk to get this policy done, and they did pay a political price for it. well, now it is the next midterm election of the obama era. and the gerrymandered map that determines control of the house and the pattern of terps and retirements in the senate means this election is