care law s disastrous debut. telling new york times this week we never recovered from the rollout because the election became one that was directed toward the president. we couldn t overcome that. for more i m joined by the wall street journal political diary editor jason rilely, editorial board member joe and columnist kim stras l. one of the things about elections, kim, afterwards some of the politicians will admit exactly the opposite of what they were saying before the election. which is what we have here with harry reid and obamacare. why the new candor from harry? well, it takes some time, as you said. elections do tend to focus the mind. and it is not just harry reid. you have his comments, but you had chuck schumer, another leading democrat saying we shouldn t have passed this in the first term. you had tom harkin, the retiring senator from iowa, one of the more liberal senators from congress saying this was a poorly drafted law and we should
upheld a 2006 michigan voter referendum banning racial preferences in admissions to its public university. preserving the status quo in that state and seven others that have ended affirmative action since 1996. the 6-2 decision produced five different opinions including a 58-page decent by justice soto mayor who compared michigan s reference dumb to jim crow laws in the south and writing that a majority of the michigan electorate changed the basic rules of the political process in that state in a matter that uniquely disadvantaged racial minorities. the political diary editor, jason riley, and senior editorial writer, collin leavy. colin, you wrote about this for us. the opinion was splintered with a lot of different points of view, what should be the main takeaway from the opinion?
introducing the xfinity my account app. florida governor, jeb bush, raising speculation about his plans for 2016, not to mention the anger of some conservatives with these controversial comments about immigration last weekend at the bush presidential library. someone who comes to our country because they couldn the with these controversial comments about immigration last weekend at the bush presidential library. someone who comes to our country because they couldn t come legally, they come to our country because their families you know, a dad who loved their children was worried that their children didn t have food on the table. and they you know, wanted to make sure their family was intact. yes, they broke the law, but it s not a felony. it s kind of it s a it s an act of love. all right. we are back with dan henninger and kim strassel, wall street journal political diary editor, jason rago joins the panel.
florida governor, jeb bush, raising speculation about his plans for 2016, not to mention the anger of some conservatives with these controversial comments about immigration last weekend at the bush presidential library. someone who comes to our country because they couldn t come legally, they come to our country because their families you know, a dad who loved their children was worried that their children didn t have food on the table. and they you know, wanted to make sure their family was inta intact. yes, they broke the law, but it s not a felony. it s kind of it s a it s an act of love. all right. we are back with dan henninger and kim strassel, wall street journal political diary editor,
president obama marked the 50th anniversary of lyndon johnson s war on poverty this week declaring that there s more work to be done. and using the occasion to push a domestic agenda that includes an extension of long-term jobless benefits, a minimum wage increase and a new government initiative to create economic promise zones. but some prominent conservatives are coming out with antipoverty plans of their own. and pushing back on the president s government approach. the current government programs that are designed to address poverty, they help alleviate some of the pain of poverty, but they do not help people emerge from it. they do not help people rise above it. we have got to deal with that. and with opportunity and equality. not just income inequality. joining the panel this week the wall street journal political diary editor jason riley and washington columnist kim straussl. let s first talk about the democratic agenda and their