they only help those who have an income. so the things they re proposing don t do the things the affordable care act does. lars, let me pose that same question to you. is there a risk in the gop proposing alternatives in the sense a lot of conservative, libertarians don t want the government involved in our health care in any way, shape, or form? i don t want the government involved. every time government gets involved they screw it up and obamacare is a prime example. alan seems to think it would take 50 state law changes around america. doesn t the federal government control interstate commerce? couldn t the federal government say if i can buy car insurance or home inshurn or fire insurance across state lines why can t i buy health insurance across state lines? that would be one simple solution, but it s not the whole solution. but having the government dictate a 60-year-old woman has to have a health insurance plan that includes maternity as one of the ten different mandates bro
on an unpopular congress and an unpopular administration that controls the levers of power. to the extent that you re proposing alternatives, you drive off constituency bases that may be unhappy with the status quo, but would be maybe be more unhappy with your solutions. so the safe thing is it to just be critical of what s going on, and say, look, the mid-terms are an opportunity to correct this, give us a seat at the table. obama is still president, but you can balance things out. ands that seems to work when one party controls the house, the senate and the presidency. it worked historically in 2006. it worked in 1994. it worked in 1966. how bad do the poll numbers have to get for both parties, jonathan kaepart where the strategy like the one former congressman davis just described, blows up in both parties face. i think we re getting to that point now. i believe it was the wall street journal /nbc news poll last month that showed that everybody wants everybody gone from washin