not having to co-pay for some preventive care that they received. but they re getting those benefits. that s already happening. that s already in place today. it s been going on for several years. those are the benefits of obama care, the law that republicans want to repeal. although it s interesting, when you ask republicans whether they would repeal the benefits i just mentioned, when you say to them well, do you think it s the right thing to do to let young people stay on their parents plans so they can keep insurance, or do you want to prevent seniors from getting more discounts on their prescription drugs, then they ll say no, no, no, we like those, those things are okay. so they don t like obama care in theory, but some of the component parts, at least those that poll well, they don t mind. but that s already in place. now, here s the second thing you
national conversation about the specifics and details, medicare, the women s issues, how do you give wealthy people trillions in tax cuts and pay for it? you pay for it by going to the middle class, of course. now that you have the details, those details, they don t poll well. they don t sit well with the american people. it s a real problem. it s a problem rand paul is also going to have, which i think is these guys may have big ideas, and yes, the media loves them, but you get down to the details. once the people hear the policy specifics, they really turn away. especially when it comes to things like medicare and social security. when you start talking about some of the numbers on that, it de does not sit well with the great vote. i want to talk about your piece. we ve been talking about paul ryan. joe biden, you wrote, reenergized the base a bit on thursday. they ve had this pent-up demand for three or four years to see the democratic president fight hard, push back against the
i think that s why in the last nfl player lockout there was a lot of sympathy for the players. usually these things break down, millionaires versus billionaires. people were saying in a way they never have before, these guys are putting their heads on the line. even beyond public perception of unions and what we think, it s a little bit like the old line about congress where congress is unpopular but you like your congressman. i think we ve seen a lot of examples about where unions don t poll well. when a strike happens to the people they work with, like in chicago, those teachers, public opinion polls were on their side. in california when the grocery workers struck, people didn t want to pay a lot for groceries. there was sympathy. the transit union strike which was a massive pain for every new yorker. that s how people get around. i thought there would be huge public sentiment. this was 2006. there was public support. this is actually why i want to take issue with something sh
he never starts a conversation by saying, what s the best political decision here? what will help us the most? never. [crowd chanting]. he wasn t going to back out just because it got hard, just because it didn t poll well. that s just never been who he is. it is certainly not how he will ever govern this country. when my mom got cancer, she wasn t a wealthy woman. and it pretty much drained all her resources. watching your mother die of something that could have been prevented, that s a tough thing to deal with. the reason he pushed ahead, knowing that there could be horrible political consequences for him, just as there were for me, is that health care costs have gone up three times the rate of inflation. this is a huge economic issue. we spent 17 1/2% of our income
he never starts a conversation by saying what s the best political decision here? what will help us the most? never. so he wasn t going to back out just because it got hard. just because it didn t poll well. that s just never been who he is, and it s certainly not how he will ever govern this country. when my mom got cancer, she wasn t a wealthy woman. and it drained all her resources. watching your mother die of something that could have been prevented, that s a tough thing to deal with. the reason he pushed ahead knowing that there could be horrible political consequences for him just as there were for me is health care costs had gone up three times of inflation. this is a huge issue. we spend 17.5% of our income on