while the vice president could barely contain himself over the president s shelter, and that is that democrats think that the republican plan for this year s elections is to run against obamacare. as if being against what health reform has done is a surefire blot box winner. democrats are no longer convinced that republicans are right about that as a matter of election strategy. democrats are increasingly starting to become convinced that when republicans say we can win as long as we run against obamacare, democrats are starting to believe republicans may be wrong about that. and you can see it in the ads that they are running in the contested senate races around the country. the ads now are starting to look like this. this republican candidate wants insurance companies to be able to deny you coverage when you re sick. this democratic candidate stood up to the insurance companies and won t let them take away these reforms that were so hard won. watch. you already know that billionair
not the only add skransed country on earth that doesn t make sure everybody has basic health care. and that s thanks in part to leaders like nancy pelosi and dick durbin and all the members of congress who are here today. we could not have done it without them. and they should be proud of what they ve done. they should be proud of what they ve done. [ applause ] president obama and vice president biden today celebrating the success of the most hard-fought policy victory for democrats in decades. telling congressional democrats they ought to be proud of what they have done to get this done. the white house saying congressional democrats did the very hard work of passing health reform in the president s first term. and the political capital that that achievement cost them cost them at the ballot box in the first midterm election in 2010. the democrats took a big political risk to get this policy done, and they did pay a political price for it. well, now it is the next midterm election
tone of voice he does not usually use. president obama made the case today on this victory lap speech that democrats all over the country ought to be running on the achievements of this law. and that republicans who opposed it then and opposed to now ought to pay a price not just in history for taking that stance but ought to pay a price now as well. they ought to pay a price this year. president obama and vice president biden today throwing sand in the gears of the most common beltway common wisdom of all. is there any whey to know from here if they are right? stay with us. [ laughs ] whoo! oh! nice! great! [ laughs ] a shot like that calls for a postgame celebration. [ male announcer ] share what you love with who you love. kellogg s frosted flakes. they re gr-r-eat! oh-oh, oh, oh, la, la-la, la-la, la-la
state health care exchange or people who signed up through medicaid or people who started the process of signing up for health insurance but didn t complete the process yet and they will get an extension. and the front page of the white house website is bragging about that as you can see here in all capital letters today. and the president, and a very broadly smiling vice president today, got to brag about that in person. when they took that victory lap today in the rose garden, president obama also took the opportunity to take a shot, basically take a rather big shot at all those people who were not only predicting failure of this law, but rooting for failure all along. watch. like every major piece of legislation, from social security to medicare, the law s not perfect. we ve had to make adjustments along the way and the implementation, especially with the website, has had its share of problems. we know something about that.
of congress who are here today. we could not have done it without them. and they should be proud of what they ve done. they should be proud of what they ve done. [ applause ] president obama and vice president biden today celebrating the success of the most hard-fought policy victory for democrats in decades. telling congressional democrats they ought to be proud of what they have done to get this done. the white house saying congressional democrats did the very hard work of passing health reform in the president s first term. and the political capital that that achievement cost them cost them at the ballot box in the first midterm election in 2010. the democrats took a big political risk to get this policy done, and they did pay a political price for it. well, now it is the next midterm election of the obama era. and the gerrymandered map that determines control of the house and pattern of terms and retirements in the senate means this election is likely to be another steep climb fo