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 knoll for healthcare 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 if obama had been more of a schmoozer, that maybe people like you were too partisan, 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 more clearly to the american people. then he barn stormed for the
that was the death nil 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, you know, maybe the people like you were too partisan, that somehow he needed to reach out. yeah, just 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 barnstomed 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. [ chanting yes we will ] he made more concessions giving up the public option which would have created a government insurance program that would have competed with private companies. we ended up having to wrestle
but suddenly, a republican named scott brown was surging. i thank the people of massachusetts for electing me. that was the death nil 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, you know, maybe the people like you were too partisan, that somehow he needed to reach out. yeah, just 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 of health care reform. i am determined to be the last. [ chanting yes we will ] he made more concessions
i am not voting for hillary clinton. you have a breaking news story here. i m supporting bernie sanders. so the new york times has said that bernie sanders has a grumpy demeanor and makes the case that you are not a great a schmoozer. you have to bring it back to the hope at the end. he is not grumpy really just except when the media doesn t pay attention. the question is am i much into small talk. i m not so great at that. do i enjoy retail politics? the answer is i really do. do you ever get him confused with larry david? the only people i like are my seven adorable grandchildren.
her numbers are dropping. why? because she s untrustable. but no one would have known any of that happened. okay. you heard him. he says everybody thought she was unbeatable, then he put together a benghazi committee. well, i don t think it s a surprise to anyone that there was some political motivation for that committee. i don t think if she were not running for president of the united states there would have been his level of ferocity on the part of the house in pursuing the benghazi story. but what s shocking is the guy that is going to be speaker of the house would acknowledge that. i m sure there are members of the caucus scratching their head when they read that story because there are some things that you shouldn t is a. it speaks to the fact that kevin mccarthy has made a mediocre rise in the house. he s a good schmoozer, he s good with internal politics in the house. now, he s going to be the face