Based on my readings (insert your own caveat), it wasn’t so much the bills themselves (who knows ALL those details?) but the way that they came about. Payoffs, bribes, backdoor deals, refusals to openly debate, exempting unions, etc. Or, in short, it appears that this is “I’m fed up with Washington, D.C.” version….whatever. Funny how recoveries, low unemployment and rapid economic growth cures that malady so consistently, huh?

I did see a poll that said that MA residents had “health care” as the #1 reason that they voted for Brown, who openly ran against Obamacare, so whatever ideal/item about that plan that they didn’t like, they REALLY didn’t like.

Maybe those people angry in the streets & at meetings weren’t completely made up of “teabaggers” and radical right wingers, much like many of those anti-war protesters weren’t communists and pacifists?

Three years ago, it was uncool to be a Republican. Now, people hate Democrats.

And yet, I still can’t escape Taylor Swift’s or the Black Eyed Peas’ music. Go figure.

Of course, nationwide – while people hadn’t made up their mind about healthcare before the 2008 election but they generally favored it. Now, the majority has been persuaded to oppose it. So, Obama is losing popularity for doing what people, in part, elected him to do.

And he’ll be foiled in the effort in part by the vote of someone who supported the same thing in MA.

It’s a funny, funny world.

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Of course it was a singular race, based on local stuff. Nothing to do with D.C. or Obamacare. – New Jersey governor’s election.

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Of course it was a singular race, based on local stuff. Nothing to do with D.C. or Obamacare. – Massachusetts Senator’s election.

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Of course it is a singular race, based on local stuff. Nothing to do with D.C. or Obamacare. – Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Arlen Specter, Claire McKaskill…