One of the platforms Republicans have decided to run on this year is the repeal of health care reform. The problem is that recent polling shows 40% of Americans think that the health care reform bill didn't go far enough while only 25% think it went to far. This leaves 35% who think it was just right but in reality people who think this bill was just right are admitting that they really don't follow politics since this bill most certainly is not just right.
What I would really like to see is Democrats start running on the idea of expanding on the health care reform bill and more regulations for the insurance industry since the only group currently polling worse than Congressional Republicans are the insurance companies.
While part of me appreciates that Democrats aren't A-holes that shove crap down people's throat (Republicans claims to the contrary are laughable when you compare the before and after of Bills Democrats have introduced over the last year and a half), but part of me also laments their failure to seize the momentum that was built in 2008.
We as Democrats need to start making noise like the Tea Party does and force Congress to enact the legislation we voted them in on. Maybe Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" or Stephen Colbert's "March to Keep Fear Alive" will be the catalyst the Democrats need to demand support for our ideals.
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