Originally Posted by nation-x

Way to mimic the left wing wackadoos I was talking about above (on dkos). The number one mistake that the Clintons made when they were trying to push reform in 94 was that they didn't let the legislative branch write the legislation... Obama is not making that mistake... he gave them general guidelines and let them go at it. If he dictated to them what the legislation should be he would get nothing but headaches with people saying that he was overstepping his authority. Just like they did to Bush over the wire tapping, etc etc. If he goes on the offensive too hard there will be an even bigger backlash than there is right now... count on it. Once there is a bill... I have no doubt he will go on the offensive... but for right now he just needs to keep on message and play wack a mole with misinformation. If the Congress had done what he asked and produced a bill before the August recess it would be a very different game right now and the right knows that... it's why they pulled out the stops and put out so much bullshit before the August recess.