Do Democrats Think They Can Spin Their Way Out of the ObamaCare Catastrophe?

Posted on | November 25, 2013 | 47 Comments

One of the things you may have noticed in the past couple of weeks is that some liberal pundits are claiming that ObamaCare is essentially a public relations problem: The program is just wonderful, but there have been some P.R. problems with the rollout.

Democrats need to learn that denial is not the name of a river in Egypt:

Democratic leaders claim the bungled launch of Obamacare is just the latest news sensation — a media-stirred tempest that looks in the heat of the moment like it could upend the midterm election, but ends up fizzling well before voters head to the polls.
Some party strategists say they’re in denial.
And that perceived gap between party spin and facts on the ground is fueling worries that the White House and Democratic higher-ups aren’t taking the possible electoral blowback seriously enough or doing enough to shield their candidates. Democratic contenders in the toughest races are distinctly less convinced that Obamacare will fade as an election-year issue — and they can’t afford to just cross their fingers that things get ironed out or that Republicans revert to political hara-kiri.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said at a forum hosted by BuzzFeed recently that the rollout won’t “hurt us in 2014,” adding that “we’re proud” of the law. Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, in a recent appearance on CNN, went so far as to assert that Obamacare would be “an advantage” for Democratic candidates next year.
“Democrats will run on the Affordable Care Act and win,” she has also told reporters.
The White House, meanwhile, has come across as equally dismissive of Obamacare’s consequences for 2014.

Anyone who doubts the devastating impact of ObamaCare’s failure need look no further than NY-23 where Democrat Martha Robertson is trying to run away from her previous support of the policy. This is a “purple” district that, on paper, should be competitive for Democrats, but Robertson’s campaign is in complete meltdown mode. And speaking of complete meltdown . . .

We are starting to see a broad polling trend for Barack Obama, and it should have the White House worried — but maybe Obama’s fellow Democrats in Congress even more. The latest CNN poll confirms what the Washington Post/ABC poll first noticed, and what the CBS poll corroborated — Obama’s approval decline involves more than just his performance. The Americans public is souring on Obama as a person and as a brand, and that spells real trouble for his agenda . . . .

There are limits to what media spin can accomplish, and trying to tell people who lost their insurance that this is good news, that the president had a good reason to lie to them — that won’t sell.

Category: Barack Obama, Health Care

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47 Responses to “Do Democrats Think They Can Spin Their Way Out of the ObamaCare Catastrophe?”

cagmcop
November 25th, 2013 @ 12:25 pm

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November 25th, 2013 @ 12:27 pm

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November 25th, 2013 @ 12:27 pm

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November 25th, 2013 @ 12:27 pm

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November 25th, 2013 @ 12:27 pm

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DarylT
November 25th, 2013 @ 12:29 pm

@smitty_one_each yes, yes the do. If history is a guide they will succeed because most people are politically, socially disconnected.
Kelloggie
November 25th, 2013 @ 12:30 pm

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DougHarrisIII
November 25th, 2013 @ 12:30 pm

@smitty_one_each Or course they do. Media will do most of the work FOR them anyway.
rsmccain
November 25th, 2013 @ 12:53 pm

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November 25th, 2013 @ 12:53 pm

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EdMorrissey
November 25th, 2013 @ 12:53 pm

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VictorB123
November 25th, 2013 @ 12:55 pm

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November 25th, 2013 @ 12:55 pm

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C1TYofFL1NT
November 25th, 2013 @ 12:56 pm

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jonzies
November 25th, 2013 @ 12:59 pm

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James_in_TX
November 25th, 2013 @ 1:08 pm

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Rosalie
November 25th, 2013 @ 1:11 pm

It’s only a PR problem? Never mind that it’s devastating budgets and making healthcare unattainable for many. They really think that we’re that dumb.
Evi L. Bloggerlady
November 25th, 2013 @ 1:15 pm

Short answer: Yes. It is delusional thinking but yeah, they think that right now.
scarymatt
November 25th, 2013 @ 1:26 pm

“If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither on your side, pound the table.”

There is nothing else they can do but spin. The website not working isn’t the fault of the law, but they can’t bend reality to defy IT realities, and otherwise the law is doing what they wanted it to do, except that not enough people are delusional enough like them to think that what it’s designed to do is a good thing.
tahDeetz
November 25th, 2013 @ 1:26 pm

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November 25th, 2013 @ 1:58 pm

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November 25th, 2013 @ 2:40 pm

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DaveO
November 25th, 2013 @ 2:59 pm

Long answer: yes, which is why McConnell is trying to keep the TEA Party angry, so they don’t stay home regardless of the Dem thuggery
kbiel
November 25th, 2013 @ 3:16 pm

When the Republicans fail, it’s because their ideals are evil, wrong, and unpopular. When Democrats fail, it’s because they just failed to communicate them better and because the American people were just too stupid to accept the superiority of Democrat ideals.

At least that is what I have learned from the media over the last 30+ years.
JeffS
November 25th, 2013 @ 3:27 pm

Well, if they are reading the leftie “Little Blue Book“, yes, they do think they can spin their way out of this hole that the Dems have dug themselves.

Which is their problem — reading “The Little Blue Book”, I mean. Zombie’s analysis of it is spot on, and the Dem’s spin tactics are adhering to it quite closely. They feel good about themselves while wondering how it is that their ship is a lot lower in the water than it should be.

Not that this will destroy the Democrats/lefties. But it’s good to understand where a lot of their spin is coming from.
Kevin Trainor Jr.
November 25th, 2013 @ 3:57 pm

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Becca Lower
November 25th, 2013 @ 4:16 pm

You left out another reason Democrats fail: evil Republicans have spread destructive propaganda that people are stupid enough to believe over Dem’s superior rhetoric.
kbiel
November 25th, 2013 @ 4:35 pm

Oh crap. Now I have to start watching CNN again to be re-educated.
Finrod Felagund
November 25th, 2013 @ 5:06 pm

I had forgotten about the Little Blue Book. Thanks for the reminder.
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