Upon canceling this major health care platform Obama gave his opponents the ability to tell American citizens that 'hey, Obama just admitted that we were right and he was wrong,' which could prove to be a substantial political blow at this point in time. So, upon removing CLASS Obama also temporarily has allowed his enemies to strip him of his class. Yet Obama has done this action at a good point in time way before the elections take place so that, by the time elections roll around, nobody will remember nor care that he dropped the CLASS act. At best the republicans will try to overhype the change in direction and gain a couple of percentage points in polls. I predict that any lasting effects will be so minimal that repercussions will be no more that 2 total percentage points in the national election, but more likely it will be 1 or less percent. This move won't have a major effect on the swing voters because it just says that a small, gimmick law meant to gain some political support in the previous election is being dropped. CLASS was an optional portion of the package from the start according to Obama's team and the fact that they dropped the optional package merely shows that such optimism won't take precedence over what they believe will work. Besides all of that, all the republicans can gain is a little bit of "I told you so" statements; they still haven't created, in my opinion, any sort of key plan to sway the swing voters. When you look at the playing field the Obama administration has been playing down many cards as well as removing the ones they see as nonessential. This fact tells me that they are building their power and becoming more efficient whereas the republicans have no major coalition against Obama so far; rather they have several against themselves. With Herman Cain now challenging the lead in the republican party I'd say that most of the major politicians will be more concerned with backing their favored candidate than bashing Obama, because this is the most opportune time to support their nominee, not the most opportune time to attack their opponent. All in all this will be a big deal at the moment because there isn't much going on, but the removal of the CLASS act will not destroy Obama's long term class, only his short term class.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
The End of Obama's CLASS: weekly current event
This past week Obama has decided to end his first major platform: the CLASS act which was a major portion of the "Obamacare" package which would have given the care package more longevity. The following is in regards to the Washington Post Blog (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/white-house-kills-long-term-care-program/2011/10/14/gIQAVZLYkL_story.html)
Upon canceling this major health care platform Obama gave his opponents the ability to tell American citizens that 'hey, Obama just admitted that we were right and he was wrong,' which could prove to be a substantial political blow at this point in time. So, upon removing CLASS Obama also temporarily has allowed his enemies to strip him of his class. Yet Obama has done this action at a good point in time way before the elections take place so that, by the time elections roll around, nobody will remember nor care that he dropped the CLASS act. At best the republicans will try to overhype the change in direction and gain a couple of percentage points in polls. I predict that any lasting effects will be so minimal that repercussions will be no more that 2 total percentage points in the national election, but more likely it will be 1 or less percent. This move won't have a major effect on the swing voters because it just says that a small, gimmick law meant to gain some political support in the previous election is being dropped. CLASS was an optional portion of the package from the start according to Obama's team and the fact that they dropped the optional package merely shows that such optimism won't take precedence over what they believe will work. Besides all of that, all the republicans can gain is a little bit of "I told you so" statements; they still haven't created, in my opinion, any sort of key plan to sway the swing voters. When you look at the playing field the Obama administration has been playing down many cards as well as removing the ones they see as nonessential. This fact tells me that they are building their power and becoming more efficient whereas the republicans have no major coalition against Obama so far; rather they have several against themselves. With Herman Cain now challenging the lead in the republican party I'd say that most of the major politicians will be more concerned with backing their favored candidate than bashing Obama, because this is the most opportune time to support their nominee, not the most opportune time to attack their opponent. All in all this will be a big deal at the moment because there isn't much going on, but the removal of the CLASS act will not destroy Obama's long term class, only his short term class.
Upon canceling this major health care platform Obama gave his opponents the ability to tell American citizens that 'hey, Obama just admitted that we were right and he was wrong,' which could prove to be a substantial political blow at this point in time. So, upon removing CLASS Obama also temporarily has allowed his enemies to strip him of his class. Yet Obama has done this action at a good point in time way before the elections take place so that, by the time elections roll around, nobody will remember nor care that he dropped the CLASS act. At best the republicans will try to overhype the change in direction and gain a couple of percentage points in polls. I predict that any lasting effects will be so minimal that repercussions will be no more that 2 total percentage points in the national election, but more likely it will be 1 or less percent. This move won't have a major effect on the swing voters because it just says that a small, gimmick law meant to gain some political support in the previous election is being dropped. CLASS was an optional portion of the package from the start according to Obama's team and the fact that they dropped the optional package merely shows that such optimism won't take precedence over what they believe will work. Besides all of that, all the republicans can gain is a little bit of "I told you so" statements; they still haven't created, in my opinion, any sort of key plan to sway the swing voters. When you look at the playing field the Obama administration has been playing down many cards as well as removing the ones they see as nonessential. This fact tells me that they are building their power and becoming more efficient whereas the republicans have no major coalition against Obama so far; rather they have several against themselves. With Herman Cain now challenging the lead in the republican party I'd say that most of the major politicians will be more concerned with backing their favored candidate than bashing Obama, because this is the most opportune time to support their nominee, not the most opportune time to attack their opponent. All in all this will be a big deal at the moment because there isn't much going on, but the removal of the CLASS act will not destroy Obama's long term class, only his short term class.
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