to be asked, how was your day, dad you? know? really, he s an after thought. 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
to complain about american society. see it as a place of victims and people shafted by the system. paul: is that a winner? you re going to hear more carping and complaining about the unfairness of america next week because that s in their dna, the way they see the system. paul: all because of business and romney s friends. but it does not present a positive image to the american people. and about obama care, particularly those parts of the health care plan that have taken effect. children able to stay on parent s insurance up to a certain age. paul: so they ll push that, that two or three positive parts of obama care that poll well, even though the republicans really did a pretty good job this week of taking apart obama care. do you think they ll talk about it? i think they will. of course, that s a huge vulnerability into romney going into the debates. i don t think they ll shy away from talking about obama care. one thing we haven t
to complain about american society. see it as a place of victims and people shafted by the system. paul: is that a winner? you re going to hear more carping and complaining about the unfairness of america next week because that s in their dna, the way they see the system. paul: all because of business and romney s friends. but it does not present a positive image to the american people. and about obama care, particularly those parts of the health care plan that have taken effect. children able to stay on parent s insurance up to a certain age. paul: so they ll push that, that two or three positive parts of obama care that poll well, even though the republicans really did a pretty good job this week of taking apart obama care. do you think they ll talk about it? i think they will. of course, that s a huge vulnerability into romney going into the debates. i don t think they ll shy away from talking about obama care. one thing we haven t
no one can be cut off from health insurance coverage or denied coverage because of preexisting condition. kids can stay on their parents plan until they are 26 so the president will be very much pushing specific parts of the plan that poll well. the mandate did not poll well but specific parts of the plan, specific benefits, to middle class taxpayers, that do poll well. and you can be sure they will be pushing those hard. shepard: back to you shortly and we will hear from the republicans on this matter and an explanation for all of you how this will affect your lives but there is another major story developing right new. lawmakers in the house of representatives are debating whether to hold the citying attorney general for contempt for the first time in the history of our union. we expect voting to begin shortly. and it is worth noting that there is, this is an election year and lawmakers are looking if score political points. a live look on the house of representatives floor, with h
right. we talk about president obama s fundraising prowess in terms of small donations. the dude is killing it. they can do those nice calm how-to videos while the republicans are busy furiously showing etch-a-sketches and saying each other is a liar. he is killing it. it seems more authentic than when romney goes to the small guy. you don t hear the president out front talking about health care reform because it doesn t poll well, generally, but there are activists and people you know, who are in the party who get fired up about it and you can sort of communicate to them by the internet in this way to let them know what was in the health care law without having the president out talking about something that to the sort of suburban soccer mom voter. you bring up health care and a beautiful segway. at this moment the house is voting to repeal parts of the affordable care act. specifically to repeal the independent payment advisory