The politics of instant gratification and the public option
I'm noticing something interesting.
President Obama was never forceful about the public option. In fact, that was something for which a lot of progressives slammed him. During the campaign, he hardly mentioned the public option at all, and barely supported the idea when the health care debate started.
But the meme has changed. Now that the public option i…
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