a little, nobody had to give everything. then it became a crisis that became the opportunity to do the things that you never thought were possible. and made it possible. there are people who think that if obama had been more of a schmoozer that maybe people like you were too partisan. that somehow he needed to reach out. you don t think that? we re just one golf game away from singing kumbaya. give me a break. they had a political strategy. the reason i say that, mitch mcconnell on the day he gets inaugurated says what his strategy is. he enunciated it. it s in the paper. he said, we re going to do everything we can to stop them. everybody else thinks how do you be a better golfer with everybody else, everybody would get along. they told you the strategy. it s not like they were overt about it. now, could the president on the margins done the things that people talked about? yes.
that was the death nell for health care because he was the 60th vote. a year of his presidency was gone, political capital spent and barack obama was likely staring at a defeat. there are people who think that if obama had been more of a schmoozer that maybe people like you were too partisan that somehow he needed to reach out. just one golf game away from singing kumbayah. give me a break. desperate, obama changed gears. first, he apologized to the country. i take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the american people. then he barnstormed for the bill across america and in congress. i may not be the first president to take up the cause of health care reform. i am determined to be the last. yes, we will. freedom. yes, we will. freedom. and he made more concessions, giving up the public option, which would have created a government insurance program that would have competed with private companies.
happening to another president. there was another problem. obama would need 60 democratic senators for a veto-proof majority. and the 60th seat was up for grabs in massachusetts. it had been assumed ted kennedy s seat would go to a democrat. it was, after all, massachusetts. but suddenly, a republican named scott brown was surging. i thank the people of massachusetts for electing me. that was the death nail for health care because he was the 60th vote. a year of his presidency was gone. political capital spent, and barack obama was staring at a likely defeat. there are people who think that if obama had been more of a schmoozer that maybe people like you were too partisan that
60th vote. a year of his presidency was gone, political capital spent and barack obama was staring at a likely defeat there are people who think that if obama had been more of a schmoozer, that maybe people like you were too partisan. that somehow he needed to reach out. we re one golf game away from singing kumbaya. give me a break. desperate, obama changed gears. first he apologized to the country. i take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the american people. then he barnstormed for the bill. across america and in congress. i may not be the first president to take up the cause for health care reform, i m determined to be the last. and. and he made more concessions, giving up the public option which would have created a government insurance program that competed with private companie we ended up having to wrestle this thing to the ground in a
but suddenly, a republican named scott brown was surging. i thank the people of massachusetts for electing me. that was the death nail for health care because he was the 60th vote. a year of his presidency was gone. political capital spent, and barack obama was staring at a likely defeat. there are people who think that if obama had been more of a schmoozer that maybe people like you were too partisan that somehow he needed to reach out. just one golf game away from singing kumbayah. give me a break. desperate, obama changed gears. first, he apologized to the country. i take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the american people. then he barnstormed for the bill. across america and in congress. i may not be the first president to take up the cause of health care reform. i am determined to be the last. yes, we will. freedom. yes, we will. freedom. and he made more concessions,